I am looking for a map of Peter Kincaid (or other,) showing all
countries of the world, classified by Left - Right driving. 'The Rule
of the Road'. Similar map was published in National Geographic. I need
also a table Right/ Left of all countries in the map. Pls specify the
source.

Dear 5013,

This world map [1] shows the countries which drive on the right or
left side of the road:
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/RHDorLHDCountries

Here is an alphabetical list [2] of countries that drive on the right-hand side:
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/RightHandDriveCountries

This list [3] is the counterpart, showing the countries that drive on
the left-hand side:
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/LeftHandDriveCountries

The original source data of the lists above is The U.S. Department of
Commerce (USDOC), Office of Automotive Affairs.

The map and the lists are also included in this Excel spreadsheet [4]:
http://www.aatraffic.com/documents/CountriesLH&RH.xls

Here is quite an extensive article [5] on countries that drive on the
right or on the left side of the road, respctively, including a map,
lists, historical background, figures and sources:
http://www.brianlucas.ca/roadside/


Sources:

[1] Ferrari-ForSale.com: Countries - Right or Left Drive?
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/RHDorLHDCountries

[2] Ferrari-ForSale.com: Countries Which Drive on the Right-Hand Side
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/RightHandDriveCountries

[3] Ferrari-ForSale.com: Countries Which Drive on the Left-Hand Side
http://www.ferrari-forsale.com/LeftHandDriveCountries

[4] Akcelik & Associates Pty Ltd: Which side of the road do they drive on?
http://www.aatraffic.com/documents/CountriesLH&RH.xls

[5] Which side of the road do they drive on? by Brian Lucas
http://www.brianlucas.ca/roadside/


Hope this answers your question!
Regards,
Scriptor



Search terms used:
"side of the road do they drive" map
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22side+of+the+road+do+they+drive%22+map&btnG=Suche&meta=
driving countries "right hand side" map
://www.google.de/search?q=driving+countries+%22right+hand+side%22+map&hl=de&lr=&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&start=0&sa=N
left right drive map
http://images.google.de/images?q=countries%20left%20right%20drive%20map&hl=de&lr=&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wi
"Countries that Drive on the Left" map
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22Countries+that+Drive+on+the+Left%22+map&btnG=Suche&meta=
"nicholas hodder"
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=%22nicholas+hodder%22&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=

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Request for Answer Clarification by 5013-ga on 04 Apr 2005 15:35 PDT

Shalom. Scriptor- good! In order to assist me to include your prompt
and professional response in my research excel data file, is it
possible to add the ISO code 3166 column? This in order to assort your
excel files results by the ISO code; I compare it to my ISO column and
insert your R or L results in my database. Thanks in advance.

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 04 Apr 2005 16:05 PDT

Unfortunately, the Excel file has not been created by me. I found it
through Web research. Please understand that, for reasons of copyright
and protection of intellectual property, Google Answers Researchers
are not allowed to modify online documents owned by third parties.

I hope that this is not too disappointing; but I am bound to strict regulations.
Best regards,
Scriptor

Good response. Ask scriptor-ga to respond also to my two other Qs.

For more offline information about this subject, you might check "the
most authoritative reference on this subject" a book called The Rule
of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice by Peter
Kincaid (Greenwood Press, 1986. 239 pages. ISBN 0-313-25249-1),
available at http://info.greenwood.com/books/0313252/0313252491.html.

source:
http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/6-9-00askeds.html