Samoa to Switch to Left-Lane Driving
08-24-2009, 04:11 PM
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Somoans always have driven on the right with left-hand drive cars. That's going to change on September 7.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1250868524...l?mod=yhoofront
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1250868524...l?mod=yhoofront
08-24-2009, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='987542' date='Aug 24 2009, 07:11 PM
Somoans always have driven on the right with left-hand drive cars. That's going to change on September 7.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1250868524...l?mod=yhoofront
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1250868524...l?mod=yhoofront
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Originally Posted by 530inOK' post='987768' date='Aug 25 2009, 07:47 AM
Hmmm....that won't be confusing. I hope everybody is on the same page that day!
08-24-2009, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Patrick E61' post='987831' date='Aug 25 2009, 02:47 AM
I have been stuck in Moscow traffic jams like that several times. Not fun...
08-24-2009, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by v_therussian' post='987834' date='Aug 25 2009, 09:51 AM
When I lived in Russia, we didn't even have traffic jams yet! But there were no roads either, kind of - it all looked like they never really fixed the roads since, like, World War II...
However, in the time since, there have been some amazing improvements on that road. It even resembles a motorway in some places.
08-25-2009, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='987820' date='Aug 25 2009, 01:18 AM
I have but one thing to say: Hope they don't have Happy Hour or they're screwed!!! 
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Originally Posted by 530inOK' post='988518' date='Aug 25 2009, 05:59 PM
At 12:01 AM everybody switch lanes! There will be that one guy, "WTF! I never got the memo"