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09-07-2009, 08:52 PM
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samoan drivers have to switch from driving on the right like it is in north america, over to the left side, like many asian and european countries have as standard... this can't end well  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8243110.stm Quote:
Samoa has become the first country since the 1970s to change the side of the road on which cars are driven.
At 0600 local time (1700GMT) sirens sounded and drivers were told to move from the right side to the left.
The government brought about the change to bring Samoa into line with other South Pacific nations.
A two-day holiday was declared to ease traffic as people got used to the new rules, which faced legal challenges from groups which predicted chaos.
At 0600, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi addressed the country on national radio.
"After this announcement you will all be permitted to move to the other side of the road, to begin this new era in our history," the New Zealand Herald quoted him as saying.
Emergency vehicles and government workers were reportedly stationed at every junction and corner but witnesses said the change happened smoothly.
Barbara Dreaver, a correspondent for New Zealand Television, said the scene was "just amazing" but that traffic was flowing "fairly well".
"There were hundreds of people who had come out, just to watch this happen," she said.
Cars are going to crash, people are going to die - not to mention the huge expense to our country
Tole'afoa Solomona Toa'iloa
Samoa lawyer
Samoa drivers brace for left turn
"We've had the odd squealing of brakes as people suddenly realise that they should not be on that side of the road, but for the most part it's been very smooth."
The move survived a late legal appeal by the protest group People Against Switching Sides (Pass), who argued that it would bring mayhem to the highways and byways of this remote South Pacific nation.
Bus drivers have also protested that their doors will now open on the wrong side, in the middle of the road.
But the Samoan government introduced the change to end its reliance on expensive, left-hand drive imports from America.
It hopes that Samoan expatriates in Australia and New Zealand will now ship used, more affordable vehicles back to their homeland.
To minimise the chaos, a two-day national holiday has been declared to keep cars off the road, and prayers have been said at the country's churches in the hope of blessing the changeover.
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09-07-2009, 09:19 PM
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LHD is the real way to drive on the roads.
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09-07-2009, 09:19 PM
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Wow thats crazy. Every line on the road will have to be repainted. The cost of doing that just doesn't seem to outweight the benifits of importing RHD cars.
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09-07-2009, 10:28 PM
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So did they just turn their traffic lights backwards O.o
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09-07-2009, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Berzerker  Wow thats crazy. Every line on the road will have to be repainted. The cost of doing that just doesn't seem to outweight the benifits of importing RHD cars.
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Or maybe just allow RHD vehicles to be imported,even though the majority are LHD,there are now going to be both anyway ??? sheesh...
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09-07-2009, 11:01 PM
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lol good for them. Imagine doing this in Richmond haha
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09-07-2009, 11:03 PM
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^I've seen people drive in the opposite lane in richmond...
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09-08-2009, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu ^I've seen people drive in the opposite lane in richmond... | same here. god damn sketchy c-lais.
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09-08-2009, 06:25 PM
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Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi
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Originally Posted by thumper | What do you mean "many asian and european countries"? The only countries in those continents that drive on the wrong side of the road are Japan, and UK. Also India and Hong Kong (formerly part of UK).
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09-08-2009, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by maxx Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi
Samoa lawyer Tole'afoa Solomona Toa'iloa
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09-08-2009, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp What do you mean "many asian and european countries"? The only countries in those continents that drive on the wrong side of the road are Japan, and UK. Also India and Hong Kong (formerly part of UK). | Australia and New Zealand
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09-08-2009, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Crossbone who hasnt | who hasn't seen it happen in Richmond
or who hasn't driven the wrong way?
if its the latter then... wow
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09-08-2009, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 Australia and New Zealand | Oh they became a part of Europe and Asia did they? When did that happen?
Anyway, if you take out all the countries that are or were once British colonies, you are left with 1 or 2 countries that drive on the wrong side of the road. I'm happy to see that progressive governments are switching their rules.
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09-08-2009, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Oh they became a part of Europe and Asia did they? When did that happen?
Anyway, if you take out all the countries that are or were once British colonies, you are left with 1 or 2 countries that drive on the wrong side of the road. I'm happy to see that progressive governments are switching their rules. | Ya Aussies are British convicts remember? 
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09-08-2009, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed who hasn't seen it happen in Richmond
or who hasn't driven the wrong way?
if its the latter then... wow | i had a c-lai in a minivan turn RIGHT from the LEFT TURN LANE in front of me at landsdowne mall today... does that count?
i guess i should i should have known better because she WAS signalling right... but then again i couldn't see it since i was in the right lane 
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09-09-2009, 01:00 AM
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^^^ lol, ive had that happen a lot. my friend got hit in his side because of a clai doing that
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