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Which countries drive on the right?
1, Sweden,1September 3, 967, decided to change the national road traffic from driving on the left to driving on the right. This policy without a buffer period completely paralyzed the roads in Sweden that day.

2. In 2009, Samoa decided to drive national road traffic from right to left. In order to avoid the paralysis of the whole country like Sweden more than 40 years ago, the Samoan government specially gave the people of the whole country a two-day holiday to ride out the traffic changes smoothly.

3, the United States, the United States after independence from Britain, in order to maintain independence, consciously draw a clear line with Britain and take the right path.

4. France, the habit of driving on the right side of the road appeared in France in the 18 th century. The reason is that postal vehicles and trucks in this country are relatively developed. Mail trucks and trucks are generally equipped with double horses. The rider usually holds a whip in his right hand and needs to sit in front of the mail truck or ride on the left horse to control the horses on both sides at the same time.

5. China. In ancient China, pedestrians, horses and vehicles generally stopped and marched on the left side of the passage, which was called "left-facing". When welcoming guests, people usually say hello with their right hands, so their bodies are left.

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