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It happened in East Timor and then Okinawa, in the 1970s, and then in Samoa some 30 years later. What was it?

Question #148980. Asked by gtho4.
Last updated Aug 22 2022.
Originally posted Aug 22 2022 1:41 AM.

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LHT: Left-hand traffic
RHT: Right-hand traffic

Each country has it's "rule of the road" for bidirectional traffic, meaning which side the traffic keeps to. It is either LHT or RHT.

East Timor changed back to LHT in 1976.
Okinawa converted to LHT in 1978.
Samoa switched to LHT in 2009.

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 22 2022.
Aug 22 2022, 2:00 PM

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It happened in East Timor and then Okinawa, in the 1970s, and then in Samoa some 30 years later. What was it?

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