Why Do We Drive On The Right? | WheelHouse | Donut Media

Some countries drive on the right hand side, others drive on the left. But have you ever wondered why? It isn’t arbitrary- there are concrete reasons and a documented history for why we drive the way we do. Join Nolan Sykes as he explores the history and traditions of driving on the left and the right. It turns out, it has very little to do with cars.
BONUS FACT:
Archaeologists found a Roman quarry in Swindon, England dating back to 100 A.D. Ruts in the road leading away from the quarry were deeper than the ones leading to it, because of the heavier loads in the carts. These deeper ruts were on the left!
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[@ninadjadhav9986]

USA: Drives on the right side Japan: Drives on the left side India: A road is a road

[@cheetah219]

To. Fucking. True.

[@oscarwalton1188]

I'm not sure if India has actual traffic rules lol

[@alluuu2947]

No shit man😂😂😂😂😂 Oh man true

[@tanay.579]

We don't care left or right side 🤣🤣

[@v0id600]

@@cheetah219 you spelt to wrong its 2

[@999goat]

uk: slide to the left us: slide to the right india: criss cross c h a c h a r e a l s m o o t h

[@JerseyMikeP]

Damn those Rigshaws... Which is why MOST NY CITY Cab drivers drive like that.

[@jediael9906]

This comment is amazing

[@Deadshot123z]

😂😂😂

[@missterious271]

Heh

[@carry-ali]

Chaa chaa real smooth

[@spirit0fExta_C]

I like how the reason for the States to drive on the right side is because even back then they had to have, mo power baby.

[@bensfixer6908]

Mo power baby

[@themusicman1556]

MO POWA BABEH!! #Nolan

[@KOEK111]

@slam zamillion even though I'm not from the States... Calling them French Pussies is highly offensive. I can live with calling someone a pussy... Calling someone French however, is where you crossed the line

[@SR-71]

Mo powa babeh

[@TheSilentStar]

Hahaha, I wonder what it is they so desperately need to compensate for lol.

[@Themrfuzzypants]

Host: “Yes I still call him the rock” Literally everyone else on the planet: so do we

[@GothicDragonX]

That is the damn truth

[@B3tabyt3]

It doesn't matter what you call him

[@michaelheuvelsland7572]

So true, Every body knows who you mean if you say "The Rock".

[@Zepplin76]

I like to think The Rock drives a Plymouth.

[@KevAlberta]

@@Zepplin76 He gotta have about 2000 Horse Power in that thing.

[@DaBrute]

middle-hand drive because McLaren F1...

[@Leofred2000]

Is the middle-hand the dick?

[@-frippu--3926]

Yep you´re right :D

[@MrGrandis852]

I would like to see how a dick drive car operate

[@markoz673bajen8]

3:50 my male domination. Both sides.

[@SublimeC88]

Because Race Car Bro!!! Lol

[@miketucker7466]

With the lack of funding for road repairs in England we drive on what’s Left of the road....

[@shaydevlin5557]

Yep

[@harikiran4339]

oooh gud one😂

[@legogenius1667]

Ah yes the wonders of big government

[@y-rokenjnr6157]

Seriously for a first world country the roads are embarrassingly poor

[@davidfinch7810]

@@y-rokenjnr6157 But, if you can drive fast on a twisty English country road avoiding all the cracks and potholes, you can drive fast anywhere. It's not neglect, it's training. Too bad about all the speed cameras though.

[@Aearonjer]

Lived in Australia and Japan, which is fortunate considering I'm left handed and own a manual.

[@Donut]

Hey everyone just to clarify, we messed up on our graphic of Southeast Asia; Papau New Guinea,The Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Fiji and Singapore all drive on the left hand side. Sorry about that!

[@AwkwrdPrtMskrt]

Donut Media I forgive you, but…

[@rean6717]

Yeah, but there's a long story to tell

[@genesisbatam]

All previous Holland colonies still drive on the left, but Holland had to change to the right ...

[@rean6717]

Andre Zeeuw de why? Because dutch colonized by spain?

[@salsabilh.r.429]

*Papua New Guinea

[@bstegmedia]

So here we got: 12 inches in a foot 3 feet in a yard 5280 feet in a mile 32 fahrenheight is freezing 212 fahrenheight is boiling And there they have: 1000meters in a kilometer 10 milimeters in a centimeter 0 celcius is freezing 100 celcius is boiling *Just why America???*

[@tomsfruitstand6821]

Because MURICA!

[@-_-Girthbrooks-_-]

Too late I already memorized the 'murican way

[@nikoraasu6929]

Europe rules

[@GTXDash]

Donger "World rules". Every country except US (and two other countries we don't care about) uses metric.

[@trystanfranziskus]

1000m =1 kilometer 1m =100cm 1cm =10mm

[@modernharuspicy]

"do you drive on the left or right side of the road?" rural roads: yes

[@anydaynow01]

Haha yep, backwoods one lane blacktop (and sometimes gravel)!

[@astr0b1t]

USA: Drives on the right side Japan: Drives on the left side Australia: Drives upside down

[@valiroime]

Okay... Australia drives on the left side of the road. Since they’re also diving upside down, does that mean that they’re actually driving on the right side of the road?

[@8.4_litre_V10]

India: C R I S S C R O S S

[@christormay257]

😒

[@mikevierhout6606]

No no they drive down under

[@mudundisivaramaraju4640]

@@valiroime big brain

[@berserkgarage4218]

My favourite American Horse Carriage was the one that came out with 4 Mustang power at all 16 Hoofs.

[@cranefly7137]

The GT500 of the old days

[@bman12three43]

back in the good old days nobody lied about how much horsepower they had, cause you could just count them.

[@rodneyjones1990]

Actually one horse can output a maximum of 14.9 horsepower depending on the horse.

[@BlackVogel1]

From my knowledge, a horse can output up to 18 HP for a small amount of time.

[@alleycat9884]

Wow man...that's real muscle!

[@jamescope428]

You see many classic Italian cars, in Italy as RHD, even though they drive on the right. Many reasons for this, including being able to see the edge of the road, when passing on a narrow mountain road.... but in Cities, exiting the car straight onto the pavement/sidewalk was considered more convenient, clean and stylish.

[@mhatopzz4098]

LHT: you must drive on the left side RHT: you must drive on the right side McLaren F1: confused screaming

[@billybobjoe198]

The F1's shifter is to the right of the driver. If that's not the British admitting that LHD is superior idk what is.

[@monkeydui7241]

@@billybobjoe198 Never thought of that. Is that all models of the F1?

[@forevercomputing]

@@billybobjoe198 selling to biggest market

[@kallebures1891]

Good one 🤣

[@alexm566]

@@monkeydui7241 "all"? only 106 were ever made.

[@thompompey32]

A lot of countries which stayed driving on the left are islands such as Australia, UK, Japan, New Zealand etc. Because they don't have road links to other countries, they didn't feel the need to change.

[@bernardhossmoto]

Great clip! We Austrians drove on the left until Hitler came in 1938 and made us drive on the right. Some trains still run on the left track, though.

[@GOWvMatchstick]

Trains here drive on either side is more convenient we have switch overs

[@kaddahymohamed5130]

All Trains all over the world drive to the left....this is unified worldwide

[@GOWvMatchstick]

@@kaddahymohamed5130 Oh yes because you would know better than people who actually live next to main lines. If you want I can email you a picture of the switch over on the CP that is litteraly two kilometers from my house. The westbound trains travel on the left as do the eastbounds until the switch over because the station in Winnipeg need them that way. Its like that all the way from Lonndon Ontario. Educate yourself.

[@edipires15]

Kaddahy Mohamed not really, in Germany, Luxembourg and eastern France the trains still run on the right side

[@Peter_B.]

It was the same way in Czechoslovakia, until 1938 we drove on the left. I thought Hitler was the one that proposed driving on the right, I had no idea about Napoleon having anything to do with this...

[@lastfirst5542]

In Europe in some context we do still continue to use inches as well: - size of wheels of cars: 16 inch, 17 inch, or if you have big wheels : 19 or 20 inch! These numbers are NEVER with comma, you don't have 16.5 inch wheels, or 18.2 wheels, you have 16 or 18 (or other sizes) - television and other screens : these however are often with a comma, that is for the smaller ones, like 5.7 inch, 3.4 inch. But your television is 32 inch, or 27, or 45.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

This is because the americans dominate these areas.

[@murrothbro195]

Well here in Canada it's definitely a thorough mix. But with metric you would use decimal points (eg 5.6cm) and with imperial it would be fractions (5 5/8 "). I work with a lot of measurements and we for sure use both, but I've rarely seen decimal points used when referring to inches, feet and yards. Mostly with mm. And I saw someone mention ""decimeters" - even though we are metric technically, the only time in my life I've ever seen decimeters used was in primary school.

[@alexandersh86]

In Russia we use inches for wheel sizes, screens, and water pipes. And Nolan, stop pretending that USA doesn't use metric system at all. :D

[@HughJazz13]

Why use a comma when it should be decimal POINT?

[@MannenFromNorth]

And let's not forget wood workers, many companies and workers prefer the "tommer" or inches are whatever name you have for it

[@adrienleroy4708]

One thing, as most people were right handed, they carried their sword on the left hand side (to grab it more easily with their right hand), therefore mounting a horse was done from the left hand side to avoid swinging the sword when mounting the horse :) its still nowadays the way we mount horses for regular horse riding, from the left 💪 love you guys so much!

[@Trigger200284]

You got this mixed up. Driving in England was dictated by a majority of swordsmen being right handed. When they drew their sword with their right hand off their left side hip it was so that their swords would meet in the middle for protection. When he UK settled their differences and became civil with one another it was engrained in their upbringings to continue to drive cars with steering wheels on the right side of the car. Most of the rest of the developed world did the opposite because it was more common for right handed men to guide their horses with their dominant hand which would be the right. There was no conflicts or sword fighting to worry about in allot of places like North America. Interactions with people coming in the opposite direction could then keep their horses separated by the the persons being in the middle of the road and the horses on the outside edges which carried over to motorized vehicles.

[@alklazaris3741]

Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson

[@ckhb059]

I say Dwayne the rock Johnson

[@AnthonySvt_]

IM SO DAMN CONFUSED

[@josesalas9575]

El_De_La_Lobo I'm left handed but my steering wheel on the right :)

[@ishmael874]

El_De_La_Lobo me too lol

[@ena1410]

El_De_La_Lobo yeah #justlikemydad

[@thebeast-rt7sr]

Me to what is going on🤔🤔😁

[@shadowfan982]

basically if it had relations to france than they drive on the right side of the road

[@bufferhater1381]

Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are driving on the left, but you put the wrong colour

[@shira_yone]

Yeah

[@pic4315]

BufferHater lol nobody cares sorry

[@pic4315]

Daddy Stalin op?

[@pic4315]

Daddy Stalin that’s what I thought, but I don’t get what you mean sir Stalin

[@Amorphous_Papaya]

@@pic4315 It's a FACT, even nobody cares but it's still an information which such an informative video like this one has to get it right.

[@zacke6931]

I like your pronunciation on "högertrafikomläggningen". I am from Sweden. :)

[@jejh600]

Han var jätte duktig 😂

[@SUNDOWNCLOTHING]

Pahahah

[@emigratednorwegian411]

This left hand driving in Sweden more than 50 yrs ago, something quite weird. As all its neighbors with right hand driving. I remember Swedish registrated vehicels with very mostly left hand drive, yrs b4 Sep03rd 1967. Then the country's well considered transition left hand to right hand traffic took place. This a project undoubtly implemented without serious problems of predictability👍😀.

[@martianmurray]

With words like that I’d hate to be in a spelling bee.

[@confused.cat.]

Hej Hej ( i dont know if it's correct)

[@Xpl0jd1]

My grandpa did tell me about the day in Sweden when they changed traffic, he drove to his summerhouse in the left lane and drove home in the same lane :D

[@Yup712]

I’d been wondering about this for so long, thank you for this video! Some of my suspicions about the origins were correct, but many other things I had no idea about!

[@steedschemes3570]

Mondays are even better with this channel 💯

[@l30666]

thank you this was a fast and well explained video unlike other videos where they last 30 mins or more expliaining this.

[@dogphlap6749]

Thanks for the video. Some of your arguments I'd never heard before and they seem to make sense to me at least.

[@AndreiNeacsu]

I would actually prefer left-side driving with right-side steering wheel. Especially for manual transmission (that I miss so much), this setup would leave you with the right hand always on the steering wheel. It's not just about the shift lever, but also using the electronics, climate control, handbrake (when available in lever form, mounted in the center, and when desired), drinking, eating, whatever.

[@firechickenracin]

When I was in Japan I took my 69 Firebird from California with me and drove a left-hand-drive car in a left side drive country it was cool

[@benandoscargamesgames2519]

Yea no cause that’s illegal

[@firechickenracin]

@@benandoscargamesgames2519 asshole I did that and it was not illegal. Go the fuck away

[@nikurasu_tan]

@@firechickenracin The same way it isn't illegal to drive a right-hand-car in Germany

[@firechickenracin]

@@nikurasu_tan its legal to import that old of a left hand drive car to Japan again I did this its not a question asshole

[@TranceFur]

You’re fucking stupid. How are you gonna disagree with something you obviously know nothing about? Lmao

[@choubidoupl]

So much more interesting than I expected! Great work!

[@vineetnagavi3689]

This was best videos on the topic💯

[@MorgoUK]

Thanks!! You've explained to me why in the film "The Great Race" (Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemon et al) nearly all the cars at the start of the race - supposedly pre-WW1 - were RHD. Best Custard Pie fight ever btw!

[@christinakourdoglou8859]

Every1 drives on the right side Japan and UK: Hold our beers India: We drive on both sides, hold our curry

[@colterlane2570]

This was a very informative vid. Good show.

[@mattfiretrainer3412]

Great explanation, top work fella! 👍

[@NickPDX22]

Right side in a left side world = *Gangster AF*

[@GTAMAN561]

right side driving on a left hand road is normal

[@TheMatthewDMerrill]

Good luck ordering through a drive through

[@NickPDX22]

Matt Merrill - *Worth it* "hey bruh just toss it over to me" LoL

[@Xyb3rTeCh]

I would do the opposite.

[@NoName-sb9tp]

Imperial system in a metric world = thug life

[@masulcover8935]

Indonesian people use right steer in the left road.

[@RishabhSharma-lq1id]

masul cover So does India

[@usmantariq7997]

That's how it's supposed to be

[@usmantariq7997]

@Alladeen Madafaker Just like YOU people drive on right and have the steering wheel on left. It's not rocket science bro, that's how the whole world works...

[@usmantariq7997]

@Alladeen Madafaker No worries! Before this video I was also really confused. This is how I keep it in my mind: Where ever the steering wheel is, you drive on the opposite side and vice versa...

[@carultch]

@@usmantariq7997 Unless you are driving a mail truck or a garbage truck. Some vehicles are strategically designed for a driver on the sidewalk side, rather than a driver on the oncoming traffic side, because of tasks they have to do on the side of the road.

[@colewillig5309]

My kids and I were just talking about this the other day. Thanks for this! We had no idea why it was different in different countries.

[@royerbreton2793]

I have a right hand drive civic hatchback and I live in FL, I love the looks I get when people notice I’m closer to them than normal.

[@mattyaqin7501]

Yeah JDM...

[@rizawibawa5824]

Dude, at 4:40 southeast asia colored blue which mean drive on the right side from what you're saying.. but truly most of southeast asia are a left side driving, like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc..

[@Seatux]

Just half of ASEAN really. The rest of Indochina and Myanmar drive on the right.

[@AK-xr5of]

I dont think so its half not by and standards (population, land area or even number of countries) but I think the point Riza was trying to make was that their map is incorrect.

[@nghtmre4871]

I'm a pinoy from Philippines

[@rizawibawa5824]

AK yeah man, that's the underlined that their map isn't 100% correct..

[@davetrujillo2836]

No one cares

[@morini500dave]

One of the best explainations I had to date.

[@kingspartacus2407]

Great history lesson! Love you Nolan!!

[@KallyNui]

Good insight. I've been trying to think of a downside to driving right hand right side, and now I know that it would make head on collisions potentially more prevalent. My argument is: Most people are right handed Don't have to flip for mail trucks Safer for driver to enter vehicle Head on collisions won't harm driver as much Turning right on red, you are seated further right allowing you to see more left

[@askaliu2943]

On top of drawing swords, I always thought it's also to prevent swords clashing each other if you were walking the other way to prevent issues

[@tontsar91]

This was extremely informative!

[@reebud]

when you keep your right hand (most people are right handed) on the steering all the time, and consequently using your left hand to control the stick, that is when you know you're driving on the proper side of the road.

[@monkeydui7241]

Using your left hand on the wheel is honestly not that bad. You have enough strength in your non-dominate hand to control the wheel. It doesn't take much effort.

[@BmxDieseldude]

As a mailman: right hand drive in a right lane world isn't all that strange after the first few times. Starts to feel fairly normal. Occasionally I'll find myself riding a little close to the yellow line but it's not some constant thing you have to monitor. The hardest part of it is intersections that join at steep angles. Say the road your on intersects another road at a 30 degree angle and you want to go right. you have to stay to the way right of the lane, then nearing the end of the road your on, cut the wheel all the way to the left and creep up so you can see, then cut all the way back to the right to make the turn. Gets old sort of quick. (P.s. if you're ever behind a mailman whose setup like this, DO NOT PASS HIM ON THE RIGHT JUST BECAUSE HE MAY HAVE LEFT SPACE) That and merging onto highways can be rough if your mirrors aren't set up perfect... mixed with a total lack of acceleration can make a scary situation. And this is coming from a guy who dailys a Mercedes 240d.

[@sockshandle]

Last I checked a lot of the old Grumman's mail vans as well as the jeeps before that use RHD steering layout instead of LHD (for the reason of having to reach for the mailbox) in the united states

[@kleeblatt8456]

I actually like my RHD Cabrio on Right Drive Roads (Germany) so much, that I ordered my new Car as a Right Hand Drive too. There are more Advantages, than disadvantages. You Can overtake normally (sometimes even better as you peekright next to your "victim"xd), get out on the Walkway, can rest your hand on the door with open window, cause left hand steers better, shifting is easier if you got into it.. Only disadvantages are overtaking a big truck on a reaaaally straight road. doesnt happen too often that a road is that long and straight in Germany tho. What some would consider a disadvantage, is kinda fun for me. Going into a drive in backwards.

[@Blockbuster2033]

That... is actually kinda funny haha

[@El-Burrito]

I tried driving a LHD on left driving roads and found I basically needed a co-driver to overtake obstacles, since I couldn't see oncoming traffic properly.

[@kleeblatt8456]

@@El-Burrito Well you can't drive too close to an oncoming obstacle without being blinded that's true. But if it's a moving normal sized car infront of me, I usually peek from the right side of the car, which would be the left in your case. Or even more often is just using the full vision I get from coming out of a corner as Roads, aside from autobahn, are rarely straight for very long sections but just long enough for a overtake, making for a lot of opportunities o:

[@michaelfisher9267]

Up until the 1920's, there was a mix of left and right driving in Canada. In Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, people drove on the right (and still do). In the other provinces, people drove on the left.

[@thumpnvette7207]

Lol I drive in the mines on the left side and sometimes when I drive my personal car on a dirt road I catch my self driving on the wrong side !!!! Just got to remember that I got to pay attention more often. Love watching your videos thanks

[@stevenbarrett4110]

Congrats, you are the first person that I am aware of, who has come close to getting this thing right. One correction, Samoa changed to driving on the left, so as to benefit from importing excellent used cars from Japan, not Australia, or New Zealand. Otherwise, excellent video.

[@moony2703]

And Aussies and New Zealand are now following them with electric vehicles. Although now there is a different charging plug from the rest of the world to contend with… so that could be interesting because that plug was considered pretty much obsolete as I understand it due to Europe settling on a different standardised plug and Australia following Europe, but maybe the other plug will make a comeback in Australia due to second hand Japanese vehicles? Who knows.

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

but there is no reason why you shouldn't go metric

[@towtruckaj]

Fuck metric.

[@I_EAF_19882]

I mean, you're right, metric is far better.

[@DefinitelyNotJ749]

You make my blood boil to 123343424/32341232 of an inch you heathen!

[@larrywelser4306]

It's easy take kph and divide by 2 add 32 and round up. And get with the rest of the world you idiot

[@I_EAF_19882]

Larry Welser ?

[@enduropancenoye]

Very important history 👍 Thanx for that

[@OctaneStreet]

Wow.... suuuper interesting, and whoever does the animations for these videos is clean af.

[@-_-Girthbrooks-_-]

Even though my nose is stuffed I too smell what The Rock is cooking

[@nek0tan159]

Buomkuoth Dobuony I see you are a man of culture as well

[@ranveersingh8191]

*I really liked the background music of this video.*

[@yupyup4209]

Awesome video!

[@cleanslate6427]

Brother...Very Amazing Logic For Driving!

[@julaihaidris7212]

1:59 Malaysia drives on the left, because our driver seat is at the right

[@kevinnelson6070]

Every country that drives on the left has the driving seat on the right, the seat position is because of the road and not the other way around.

[@carultch]

@@kevinnelson6070 There are a couple of exceptions: 1. Myanmar. They drive on the right, as a political statement about their independence from the British empire. But have RHD cars, due to importing from all of their neighboring countries having RHD cars. 2. The US and British Virgin Islands. They drive on the left for historical reasons because of donkeys that couldn't be re-trained in the pre-car days, but most cars are LHD and built for the US market.

[@BOABModels]

One of the other reasons that countries like Japan, Ireland, Australia etc haven't had to change is that they are Islands so therefore they don't share land borders with other right side of the road countries. I know India and South Africa buck this trend, but they are very coastal (India is a massive peninsula) so they still don't depend too highly on land borders.

[@kanedaku]

They dont want to change. Japan and America make the best cars and America makes right hand drive models for us so they are all fine just like here in the UK

[@persilious81]

@@kanedaku America makes "best cars" ???????????????????????

[@orgasmingmcnuggets9505]

@@kanedaku they made the best cars up until 2002 when Ford decided to update the old intech

[@kanedaku]

@@orgasmingmcnuggets9505 I should clarify, Ford makes some of the best cars for sale in Europe. We don't have those silly oversize-engined things for sale *'in'* America.

[@kanedaku]

@@persilious81 See above comment

[@jaredhughes9130]

I live in the US and have a 1975 postal Jeep, which is right hand drive. It's unique, fun, and makes using a drive thru a real pain.

[@franklinkhama3038]

In Namibia we drive on the left side of the road when moving forward. And when heading backwards,we drive on the right side. Our cars are also right-handed. If you import an car from another country, like the US, you can still have your car right-handed, but you've to follow the rules/law's of the road.

[@markushackl2346]

Donut>Carthrottle

[@ThePASBERUK]

Markus Hackl but mightycarmods ?

[@watdekanker7064]

Markus Hackl yep

[@kelloggsallbran5415]

Gotta admit it😓

[@FunkyPaintCatt]

Nah

[@leslie7872]

Actually 🤔🤔🤔🤔hmmmm

[@WolfguyBravo]

This is why driving on the left is correct Most people are right handed and if you drive on the left your steering wheel is on the right so you have your good (right) hand on the wheel and your bad(left) hand on the shifter because steering is more important and must be more precise Thankyou for your time #move to aus

[@JedStainthorp]

Also more people are right eye dominant so you have your better eye watching the oncoming traffic

[@fosty.]

I got my right hand on the wheel and left hand resting out the window.

[@jakob9614]

Actually not as steering is way easier than changing gear. It makes more sense to do the more challenging task with your dominant hand

[@sorsorsor11]

@@jakob9614 exactly. And 80% of cars in Europe are still manual to this day, even if it used to be 90% 15 years ago.

[@carultch]

​@@jakob9614 That's why Flanders said, "Lord help you if you want to drive a standard transmission", when listing the disadvantages of being left-handed.

[@tonymartin509]

Thanks for the info. I finally have an answer to a question I was to lazy to research myself.

[@danieltravassos8747]

Pretty cool man! I always wondered about this left or right hand driving thing. Mozambique was a Portuguese colony but always drove left hand, since most of the border countries are former British colonies making easier and cheaper to import cars from South Africa. This also opened a huge market for the importation of used cars from Japan. But although left hand driving, you see also a lot o right hand driving American Freightliners trucks transporting goods in Mozambique. The Democratic Republic of Congo, a former colony and adept of the right hand driving had to ban the importation of used cars from Japan due to the increased number of accidents.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

You're wrong that right hand vehicles are banned in DR Congo. It's still common to see them there and I know about it but I haven't been there. Both LHD and RHD cars are allowed in DR Congo despite the country following right hand traffic.

[@rumbleray]

Being right-handed and living in the states, I love the way a manual cars controls are set up. Allowing right-handed drivers to shift gears in a manual car with absolute smoothness and speed ( because of higher dexterity in the right hand ) especially when racing. I always wondered if left handed people here ( in the states ) have a lack of nimbleness When changing gears at a faster rate? For example, do they find themselves grinding gears more often than a right-handed driver would? Also does anyone know how the foot pedals are configured as well as the positions of the gears in a manual car built for other countries that drive on the right hand side?

[@shadowfan982]

Foot pedals Are the same on both sides

[@dabbinghitlersmemes1762]

I've always thought it was a big advantage to drive on the left that your right hand stays on the steering wheel, so for most people there's a slightly shorter reaction time if they suddenly need to swerve while changing gears.

[@vizualmrs]

Lmfao the first 10 seconds were hilarious

[@fordictionclass]

The eagle really brought everything together.

[@ArchonLicht]

It does make sense to drive on the right for same reasons romans drove on the left - most people are right handed (whether you like it or not), and shifting gears (on manual, but even changing modes on automatic), operating your stereo or AC, or even taking something from the glove box (while you're not moving!!!) is all way less distracting and more convenient if you do it with your right hand. So that stuff has to be on the right, and consequently steering wheel - on the left.

[@alwinbenjamin]

Great video 👏

[@ryattlarge9597]

In Canada it depended what province you were in as to what side of the road you drove on until 1930 or something, but now we all drive on the right

[@phillip2169]

That's crazy never knew that. Would be so terrible for boarder cities

[@monkeydui7241]

I’m surprised Hong Kong & Thailand still are on the left even though they’re surrounded by the right

[@terlaluanjay]

indonesia drive on the left so the cars is rhd not lhd

[@Blakezilla594]

ZepTob Gurning the U.S virgin islands drive on the left and import LHD cars from the mainland U.S.

[@shreenathsannaik7545]

Chu**e

[@autosanctuary7613]

I'm driving an Aristo in Utah, which is a right-hand drive car. Took a little getting used to.

[@Lil96millie]

Yo that intro was lit 👌🤙👍

[@mrhenderson9477]

Wow I never thought a car channel would give a history class lol 😂

[@TrampyPulsar]

Right side of road makes sense Majority of people in the world are right handed, anywhere between 85-90% of people. Gear Shifts being mounted in the center console means that having your right hand to manipulate it is optimal so the driver is seated on the left. Its best to have cars so that the passanger side is on the side that normally drops off at the curb, making it easier and safer to handle children. History and logistics plays a huge part in why people do things differently, but in reality right is logically optimal.

[@mrgurulittle7000]

Nope! Left is better for drive thrus.

[@mauricioweber8879]

Great info... I always wondered.. now I know!, 👍

[@ugocardone]

this was fascinating

[@billybobjoe198]

While Japan was never a British colony, Japan was built by the British. Japan loved the British, and now they love the Americans.

[@carultch]

What's the story of Thai people driving like the British, while the Burmese do not?

[@chiuuuuuuuuuu]

Damnit we would've had more jdms if driving on the left.

[@danieljohnson4994]

They would be a lot cheaper for you

[@ThePOORKID-qx7pq]

muscle is better

[@satyakisil4289]

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia drives on the left. Once Napoleon conquered mainland Europe, the colonies of conquered countries still maintained their driving side. Also, Macau drives on the left along with Hong Kong, while mainland China drives on the right. Switching bridges allow people to switch sides when crossing from one domain to another.

[@kanedaku]

Very in-depth! Im surprised there wasnt any mention of right hand drive JDM users in the US though.

[@angusrankin3140]

I prefer driving rhd cars simply for one reason, I'm right handed. I keep my most dominant hand on the steering while my less dominant hand changes gears.

[@vali69]

Angus Rankin yeah but what u gonna do in an automatic... Even if it has pedals they are in the same postion for both rhd and lhd... I think im too used to lhd vechiles that i hate rhd ones xD

[@luckiee_]

why would you drive an automatic in the first place lol

[@angusrankin3140]

Shadow 144 automatic cars are more expensive where I live not just fuel costs but insurance and purchase price

[@Pspgamer789]

I like shifting with my dominant hand (left) so I prefer RHD cars as well

[@hank1556]

Im saying this as someone whos never (but really want to) driven RHD. to me and Im sure many others, its simply muscle memory at this point. plus 'bangin gears' with your dominant hand makes my dick feel one inch (33%) bigger

[@Ryukachoo]

Interesting how the falcon heavy is now an AMERICUH thing, showing up in little montages like this

[@PrincessSakuno]

I'm from Australia so I drive on the left... but I've become curious about driving on the right because I think one day I'll need to know how to drive in a right-lane-driving country

[@define44]

I have a RHD Jeep Cherokee imported from Japan. Its great for parallel parking here in the states.

[@Mitch4102wxm]

"The one place napoleon couldn't get to was england" *highlights england and wales*

[@shadowfan982]

england controls wales

[@pixellifesimulator4965]

I thought he said uk Ah just watched it again

[@ellaf3877]

He also said UK but highlighted England 🤦‍♀️

[@ranggabena4461]

I’m from Indonesia. I just want to clarify that even we used to under the Dutch, we drive RHD car, but your illustration map says we drive the LHD car. Cheers mate!

[@LGLFanTeam12]

Dutch didn't teach us which side to drive on.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

True! Live there now, and definitely drivebon the Left. The video @4.50 is wrong.

[@90ramki]

I recently started watching your videos and I just love the content. One thing I wanted to tell you is that the audio quality in your videos is a bit off. I had to concentrate more inorder to understand. How am I telling this? Is there a problem with ear or my home theatre? I watched a MKBHD video right after yours and it was so clear. I'm not nitpicking or comparing. I just want you guys to be the best.

[@sagnik3105]

Driving on the left makes much more sense tbh. Given that predominantly most people in the world are right handed, the steering wheel should be controlled by the right hand since it involves more precise inputs and shifting gears can easily be accomplished by one's weaker left hand.

[@Jerrypintoswe]

I am Swedish and i approve of this

[@josiahhaifley2839]

America: why do we drive on the right side of the road? England: are we a joke to you?

[@myguyhasrizz_9210]

No one cares...not everyone wants to follow Roman tradition...so accept it and digest it

[@josephmarsh8235]

Sounds simple and understanding

[@emmanuelmenoji7853]

Looollzzzz....4:18-20 Hogertrafikomlaggningen...you're freaking funny!

[@Dar_Paz]

Oh, you still cal him The Rock? HE IS THE ROCK

[@nerminc.1713]

Nolan: "but there was one British colony that didn't follow the rules (about driving)!" Me: Canada! Nolan: "america ..." Me: Oh right, that place.

[@Zero_Ninety]

I thought he was going to say Canada as well.

[@Hopeofmen]

Lmao we say the same about you guys, so it's all good

[@p_mishev]

Who is Nolan? 🤔

[@WalrusWinking]

Your more successful older brother lmao

[@nerminc.1713]

@@WalrusWinking More like the dysfunctional neighbours that live in your basement and who you can hear yelling at one another through the walls.

[@greygtv6]

Another factor that influenced the US to drive on the right was the horse and gun. When approaching a stranger whilst on a horse it was easier to use your right hand and turn your body slightly to the right so the gun was aimed across the body and the horse's neck. So the approaching party would pass to your left. Incidentally I learned to drive in a RHD car. Then I moved to Canada so I had to swap over. Now I live in the UK it's back to a RHD car. But I also have a LHD and 2 RHD cars. Strangest bit was when I first drove a LHD car I found myself opening my door every time I stopped at the lights. I realised it was because my left hand would automatically ensure the car was in first gear when I stopped (in my RHD car) but instead it found the door handle in the LHD.

[@HollywoodF1]

I think it’s convenient to be able to operate the buttons, dials, controllers, touch-screens, and switches of the center console with my right hand.

[@ASPthespeedyboy]

My grampa held a speech when Sweden changed sides

[@DR61411]

Which side was he on? (Pun intended)

[@ASPthespeedyboy]

@@DR61411 leftist