• ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    india has right-hand drive vehicles. the steering wheel is provided at the right-front seat.

    we drive on the left side of the road.

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          1 month ago

          That doesn’t explain why they have the cars meant for side A, but use them to drive on side B.

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            1 month ago

            cars that drive on the right have their steering wheel on the left side (i.e. left-hand drive), and vice versa.

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              1 month ago

              OP said (and stressed with italics) that they have right hand drive cars but drive them on the opposite side, which was the point of his comment

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                1 month ago

                I think you’re getting confused by the terminology; this is an explanation from the Wikipedia article.

                The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position of the driver and the steering wheel in the vehicle and are, in automobiles, the reverse of the terms right- and left-hand traffic.

                ETA: So the red areas have left-hand drive and right-hand traffic, while the blue areas have right-hand drive and left-hand traffic.