Shifting the Right of Way to the Left Leaves Some Samoans Feeling Wronged

[Onkel Neal]

Sometime in the early morning hours of Sept. 7, residents of this small Pacific island nation will stop their cars, take a deep breath, and do something most people would think is suicidal: Start driving on the other side of the road.

For car owners, the switch is also expected to drive the value of their vehicles off a cliff, since about 14,000 of the country's 18,000 vehicles are designed to drive on the right.

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[GoldenRivet]

what??

why???

[SteamWake]

For car owners, the switch is also expected to drive the value of their vehicles off a cliff, since about 14,000 of the country's 18,000 vehicles are designed to drive on the right.

Wow they have special cars... My cars drive wherever I point them. :rotfl:

[Max2147]

Doing these things all at once is a bad idea. They need to phase it in.

- Week 1: Everybody stays driving on the right.
- Week 2: Large trucks move to the left, everybody else stays on the right.
- Week 3: Small trucks, SUV's, and vans move to the left.
- Week 4: Cars move to the left.
- Week 5: Motorcycles and mopeds move to the left.
- Week 6: Bicycles and everything else move to the left.

[August]

Originally Posted by Max2147

Doing these things all at once is a bad idea. They need to phase it in.

- Week 1: Everybody stays driving on the right.
- Week 2: Large trucks move to the left, everybody else stays on the right.
- Week 3: Small trucks, SUV's, and vans move to the left.
- Week 4: Cars move to the left.
- Week 5: Motorcycles and mopeds move to the left.
- Week 6: Bicycles and everything else move to the left.

I got to week three before I said to myself "Wait a minute!"