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   Scott Dorsey to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: Another nation trivia question   
   22 Jan 26 10:39:16   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >As you may know, most countries that were once part of the British   
   >empire drive their cars on the left side of the road, while most other   
   >countries drive on the right side of the road.   
   >   
   >Can you name three countries that were once part of the British empire,   
   >that drive on the right side of the road?   
      
   The US, Canada, and France.   
   You have to go pretty far back for that third one, though.   
      
   >And conversely, can you name three countries that were never part of   
   >the British empire, where they drive on the left side of the road?   
      
   Thailand, Ireland.  East Timor.   
      
   And then there is Sweden where they used to drive on one side but now   
   drive on the other.   
   --scott   
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