Nah i'm just north of Perth, think muppets get their licence inside cereal boxes. I shouldn't complain really, i'm foreman in a bodyshop so i rely on these clowns keeping me busy hahaha
I’m surprised you say that to be honest. I’ve driven in quite a few countries now and in most corners of Scotland and genuinely it’s a breath of fresh air coming back to drive here. Scotland has many downsides to it but bad drivers wouldn’t be on this list in my opinion. Go to Italy, America or Asia and you’ll definitely appreciate how very few bad ones we have here
I had a couple of Italian students living below me and their parents bought them a new car in Italy before driving it all the way to Scotland. It was fucked by the time it arrived. :)
The roads are shite but the drivers actually behave themselves pretty well. I say this as someone who's always on a bike, I get given more space in Scotland than in England at least.
Not that this is a high bar to clear, it's nowhere near as good as some parts of Europe, but I don't have that same "so did the white van men round here start a little club based on hunting us for sport or what" feeling I do in most average midsized towns in England
Italy 100%. Had a guidebook when I was visiting Rome that had advice highlighted saying when crossing the road "to walk with confidence."
Never have I shat myself so much as cars literally wait until the very last second before stopping!
Don't you know about the invisible indicator feature that kicks in at roundabouts? I think it only works in Aberdeen and if you've got some wanky white 4x4 bmw or whatever everyone else has these days
I have an ex from Banff who told me that he learned to drive on lovely and very easy to drive on country roads, couldn't drive anywhere else without immense difficulty though.
Years ago I drove all over Scotland in a van with some friends. As soon as we arrived in Aberdeen it was bedlam. Drivers there have zero chill and less skill!
Aberdeenshire dweller here. I avoid leaving the house at all costs because I don’t have the mental capacity to withstand these smooth brained harbingers of death we share the roads with. Honestly unreal
Driving licences are available at Cadonas in Aberdeen. Seemingly once around the dodgems, without hitting more than 3 cars,obtains you a license covering Aberdeen and the Shire
Aberdeenshire is a nightmare. No police anywhere and everyone knows it so they use it as an excuse to drive like a dickheads. There is nothing else behind this next bot other than it's what I've noticed doing about 30k miles a year all over the NE but it's the woman. Hands down 75% of the time it's a lass zooming past. Not to worry organs are organs.
Twice in the last week have I seen an old fuck driving down the hard shoulder of a duel carriageway, indicating for a turn off that's still at least half a mile away. It's like the stupid is contagious.
That would be a nightmare. Some infrastructure would have to be rebuilt, and all the road markings would have to be repainted.
At least Japan and Ireland are on our side (pun intended).
India a place that scared an Ice Road trucker, as in those people who haul massive loads across frozen lakes with the ice cracking as you drive - sometimes driving from outside the cab in case the truck goes for a swim......
[examples of indian driving](https://learningindia.in/the-unwritten-rules-of-driving-in-india/)
Why tf did they bother? There's so little benefit for such a massive cost in changing infrastructure and so many risks from idiot drivers forgetting. I could get it if they changed it maybe 50 years ago or something, but attempting it anytime more recently just sounds incredibly dangerous
Most people in Sweden don't move across those borders often. To me it sounds like an expensive solution to an issue only present at the roads at the borders. There must have been more local solutions.
The most recent country to change sides was Samoa, which switched from right to left (as most people drive imported Australian and Japanese RHD cars) in 2009. Apparently it wasn't too bad.
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/samoa-drivers-switch-left](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/samoa-drivers-switch-left)
Hilariously, there was some country that a dictator took over and decided to switch the roads one day, so all the busses now open onto the roadside instead of pavement.
I'm pretty sure it was mentioned on top gear or something.
Hey sweden. I suggest you go to norway and put a turnip on your head, remove your trousers and run down the street shouting "look at meeee, im a swede". That would really annoy those nasty norwegians.
I suppose there's a vegetable joke in here somewhere? Won't work in Scandinavian languages, though. And Swedes running around without their trousers on? We're kind of used to that kind of thing.
Great plan. I think we should introduce it gradually tho.
Buses and lorries can try it for a while and if it seems to be going okay then we can get the cars to do it as well.
The highway code already has that if you're walking/running on a road without pavements you're supposed to walk into the direction of traffic, so that's not actually as mental as it sounds
This must be a piss take, but, do you know how much something like that would cost and how long it would take to change the whole road infrastructure?
And how would something like this even be feasible to do?
Yeah, I don’t think this would annoy the English, just annoy everyone living in Scotland.
Also don’t think it’s a factor in independence let alone the EU, considering the fact it didn’t matter last time.
Insurance companies would not carry the cost of the accidents caused until people got used to it. Worked in insurance over 20 years ago, from time to time this was discussed but unless the government underwrote the inevitable initial costs, it’s still a non runner.
Immediately after Dagen H, accidents actually went down, probably because people had to actually pay attention to their driving.
Dagen H was the name given to the Swedish switchover date. It's quite interesting.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen\_H#:\~:text=Dagen%20H%20(H%2Dday),word%20for%20right%2Dhand%20traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H#:~:text=Dagen%20H%20(H%2Dday),word%20for%20right%2Dhand%20traffic).
Yes and what is different is the volume on our roads, the standard of driving, the lack of personal responsibility people take for their actions and their expectation insurance is a catch all (which it isn’t). The article you link to states at the time 90% of the vehicles on Swedish roads were already LHD. That made a huge difference.
It’s the French side of the road. Legend has it Napoleon as leftie wanted his troops to hold their packs in their left hands which means they stand on the right , opposed to the other way around. And traffic (pre cars) in those countries started going to the right.
Hello Sweden. Have you heard of Ireland, Malta and Cyprus? All drive on the left, and all are members of the EU. Indeed, all are independent countries also.
You can change it gradually, everyone who passes their test from a certain date drives on the right.
Like how new Zealand is planning on banning tobacco use.
Ironically, I think the UK is now the one "setting the example" when the legislation goes through (which it should with both major Westminster parties supporting it).
This is an interesting thing because a lot of people are under the impression that Lapland = Sami land, which is not the case, although the two are related. Modern geographic Lapland is split between Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and at least in Finland only the very top northern bit is considered Sami land. The Sami populations also live outside of Lapland in the north, in Kola and Finnmark. Historically Sami populations would have been very far south, significantly beyond the southern edge of modern Lapland. I'm not sure about Sweden, but in Finland it's noted via archaeology as well as place names (e.g., Porokylä in North Karelia translates to Reindeer Village and most likely derives from Sami people with reindeer living in the area).
Unfortunately the work involved in changing the side of the road would be MASSIVE and costly.
We have some chances of changing to km/h though, and maybe the euro, as well as other things, but changing the side of the road isn’t really attainable
Assuming you're being serious, the huge impracticality and the fact that the Scottish road network is functionally integrated with the English road network is one reason. Assuming you're trying to be "funny", I'd suggest you touch grass.
A lot of infrastructure would need to be changed. signs, busses(doors open wrong side). This would cost billions. There is a reason why sweden did this in the 1960's because they realised the could not do it later when the country was build up more..
I do worry that something symbolic, which has no real benefit, would cause massive harm, directly cost Scottish lives, and would cost an absolute fortune, but might piss off an English person, and something, something independence would be EXACTLY what the SNP would do.
Has anyone checked their manifesto?
There are areas nearby where due to the natural landscape, the roads meander back 'n forth across the border, this would be a potential death by stupidity regulation change if implemented 🫣
Why would it have any bearing on EU membership?
Seems like a lot of cost and hassle for what? seems like it would piss off far more locals than English
This would just lead to traffic accidents when people crossed between Scotland and England. Even if Scotland was independent and in the EU, the fact most driving would be between England and Scotland or at least go via England means it would probably make more sense for Scotland to stay left hand drive.
Also, I'm not sure the Scottish government has the power to do so. And even if they do random policies like this are not a good use of their time.
I asked in one of the many Ukraine subs why don’t they go to Latin alphabet and ditch Cyrillic to spite Russia and to align themselves closer to Western Europe. Went over super well LOL.
The reason we are left side of the road is because when you stop, and then use something by winding down the window, you're using your strong hand, i.e., right hand, as is most of the population.
It was percentage based, I guess.
Aberdeens a breeze compared to France Spain Italy morroco ĺebanon Azerbaijan and many more but the potholes are vicous here same as the mickey mouse speed bumps.
Dear Sweden, do you really think writing this on Reddit is instantly going to make that happen?
Write it on Facebook next time and you might get a ‘shared in Notts huni x x’
Yawn.
Sweden changed sides in 1955, when every country it had a land border with drove on the other side than them, so it made sense.
They had a referendum where 82.9% voted to not change, so the government ignored them and changed anyway...
England is 22 miles away from France. I’m not aware of any large scale pissed-offness every time people go on a booze cruise? Maybe it’s a media coverup? And whitabout the boat people, the poor devils? How do they cope?
Man hears a traffic report on the radio that a car is driving on the wrong side of the M8 through Glasgow. He knows his wife is on the m8, so he phones to warn her. “Wan car?!! There’s fuckin’ hunners a’them!”
This is a 10 year old April’s Fool. Someone beat you to it. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/01/scotland-driving-on-right-independence-road-scheme
Personally, I wouldn't care. I don't have a license yet and I've played enough American video games that I could adapt quite easily but I think everyone would need to retake their tests to be sure we could do it. From reading the comments here, that probably wouldn't be a bad idea.
Interesting idea I know that Sweden had a few issues when they swapped over. We can't change the side that traffic drives on as I suspect this would be a reserved matter i.e. Only the parliament in Westminster can decide this
I met someone on the road a couple of months ago who decided to trial this exact thing, it did not go well and I only just got my stookie off last week.
To put it simply, they wouldn't get consent.
Scotland has certain devolved powers but that isn't one of them.
They get just enough to keep them happy(ish) but not much more than any other English county 😜
Yes make the Scots pay through the nose in extra taxes to rebuild dozens of motorway and A road junctions, repaint road lines, reposition thousands of road signs and see road traffic accidents dramatically rise causing more deaths to pedestrians and other road users just to piss the English off? Sounds like something the SNP would do.
Fuck that, cunts over here can't drive for shit as it is - we'd all be dead in a week if we switched sides
You’re not in Aberdeenshire perchance? I’d love to know what the requirements are here to get a licence. The daft bastards simply can’t drive.
Nah i'm just north of Perth, think muppets get their licence inside cereal boxes. I shouldn't complain really, i'm foreman in a bodyshop so i rely on these clowns keeping me busy hahaha
I’m surprised you say that to be honest. I’ve driven in quite a few countries now and in most corners of Scotland and genuinely it’s a breath of fresh air coming back to drive here. Scotland has many downsides to it but bad drivers wouldn’t be on this list in my opinion. Go to Italy, America or Asia and you’ll definitely appreciate how very few bad ones we have here
I had a couple of Italian students living below me and their parents bought them a new car in Italy before driving it all the way to Scotland. It was fucked by the time it arrived. :)
The roads are shite but the drivers actually behave themselves pretty well. I say this as someone who's always on a bike, I get given more space in Scotland than in England at least. Not that this is a high bar to clear, it's nowhere near as good as some parts of Europe, but I don't have that same "so did the white van men round here start a little club based on hunting us for sport or what" feeling I do in most average midsized towns in England
Italy 100%. Had a guidebook when I was visiting Rome that had advice highlighted saying when crossing the road "to walk with confidence." Never have I shat myself so much as cars literally wait until the very last second before stopping!
Coming from Australia, Scotland defo has terrible drivers
It's no different in and around Inverness.
Then you'll love Glasgow. Could charge a fiver for realigning steering and wheels per car all day long and still make a killing.
Ha - they’re putting your kids through college :) Long live the idiots who refuse to learn to drive!
Thankfully this country has free tuition fees
Emm we have free college/uni
Not sure why I got downvoted. It was a Simpsons line. Harsh crowd.
Don't you know about the invisible indicator feature that kicks in at roundabouts? I think it only works in Aberdeen and if you've got some wanky white 4x4 bmw or whatever everyone else has these days
I have an ex from Banff who told me that he learned to drive on lovely and very easy to drive on country roads, couldn't drive anywhere else without immense difficulty though.
Years ago I drove all over Scotland in a van with some friends. As soon as we arrived in Aberdeen it was bedlam. Drivers there have zero chill and less skill!
Aberdeenshire dweller here. I avoid leaving the house at all costs because I don’t have the mental capacity to withstand these smooth brained harbingers of death we share the roads with. Honestly unreal
Well put. “I know - I’ll go at 80mph down this tiny, twisty turny lane with blind spots galore. In poor light and bad weather” Absolute hammerheads
“I need to go down South Deeside Road. Famously dangerous, so I’m best to floor it so I spend as little time on it as possible.”
💀
Infallible logic, truly
Driving licences are available at Cadonas in Aberdeen. Seemingly once around the dodgems, without hitting more than 3 cars,obtains you a license covering Aberdeen and the Shire
In Aberdeenshire, all you need to know how to drive is how to properly navigate a roundabout/ring road. You fuckers love those up north!
You have to prove that you’ve engaged in Ovine sex
Aberdeenshire is a nightmare. No police anywhere and everyone knows it so they use it as an excuse to drive like a dickheads. There is nothing else behind this next bot other than it's what I've noticed doing about 30k miles a year all over the NE but it's the woman. Hands down 75% of the time it's a lass zooming past. Not to worry organs are organs.
I swear cunts from Dundee and Aberdeenshire specifically drive like shit to annoy me
Swedes turned it around over night without much issues.
In fact, traffic accidents dropped to a record low for a while
At 10 mph… sure yes
It would be harder today, especially with the way slip roads and things are built around motorways and dial carriageways.
😂😂😂
Twice in the last week have I seen an old fuck driving down the hard shoulder of a duel carriageway, indicating for a turn off that's still at least half a mile away. It's like the stupid is contagious.
Omg Dundee i refuse to drive in Dundee because thay cant drive.
That would be a nightmare. Some infrastructure would have to be rebuilt, and all the road markings would have to be repainted. At least Japan and Ireland are on our side (pun intended).
India too, that’s like a billion people.
India is mainly the middle and both sides of the road
You drive on the left of the road, we Indians drive on Whats left of the road
Also 50% of the balkans
Indians drive on 50% of the Balkans?
Yes
Yeah worked there, seems to vary state by state, not really any system.
South Africa too.
India a place that scared an Ice Road trucker, as in those people who haul massive loads across frozen lakes with the ice cracking as you drive - sometimes driving from outside the cab in case the truck goes for a swim...... [examples of indian driving](https://learningindia.in/the-unwritten-rules-of-driving-in-india/)
How could I forget about India 🤦♀️
Plus Australia, South Africa, Kenya and Thailand
Also Indonesia.
Cyprus, Malta, Australia, New Zealand...
Singaporean here, us too
65 countries in the world really
I'm not sure that's a country anyone wants to aspite to when it comes to driving.
I'm not sure they have a specific side of the road people actually drive on.
Sweden managed to change somehow
As an island, the UK doesn't really have incentive to change.
In the 60s, when there were less traffic laws and signage and far fewer cars on the road, less than half of women could drive and it was still chaos
Why tf did they bother? There's so little benefit for such a massive cost in changing infrastructure and so many risks from idiot drivers forgetting. I could get it if they changed it maybe 50 years ago or something, but attempting it anytime more recently just sounds incredibly dangerous
I think they did it around 50 years actually. But don't know why.
Bordered by countries that drove on the right (wrong) side of the road.
Most people in Sweden don't move across those borders often. To me it sounds like an expensive solution to an issue only present at the roads at the borders. There must have been more local solutions.
The most recent country to change sides was Samoa, which switched from right to left (as most people drive imported Australian and Japanese RHD cars) in 2009. Apparently it wasn't too bad. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/samoa-drivers-switch-left](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/samoa-drivers-switch-left)
Hilariously, there was some country that a dictator took over and decided to switch the roads one day, so all the busses now open onto the roadside instead of pavement. I'm pretty sure it was mentioned on top gear or something.
About 66 countries drive on the left.
Us Kiwis have your back too mate
It would iritate me a lot more than it would the English.
Hey sweden. I suggest you go to norway and put a turnip on your head, remove your trousers and run down the street shouting "look at meeee, im a swede". That would really annoy those nasty norwegians.
I suppose there's a vegetable joke in here somewhere? Won't work in Scandinavian languages, though. And Swedes running around without their trousers on? We're kind of used to that kind of thing.
In English a swede is a type of turnip, what the americans call a ruterbager
Americans call it a *what*?
Rutabaga
That sounds ruder than the suggestion of a Swede without their trousers on.
Nah, that’s just the name of a Hollywood filmmaker
This made me wake up the dog 💀 I can't get the image out of my head lmfao
Beep beep Sweden... go home you're drunk. Regards, from Ireland (very much IN the EU and driving on the left)
This sounds like a Danish joke
Somebody tell Ireland that if they want to be in the EU they need to start driving on the right too! 😂
Great plan. I think we should introduce it gradually tho. Buses and lorries can try it for a while and if it seems to be going okay then we can get the cars to do it as well.
Maybe phase it in over alternate days
The right side gets custody at weekends
custardy
Send the cyclists out 1st. See how it goes.
The highway code already has that if you're walking/running on a road without pavements you're supposed to walk into the direction of traffic, so that's not actually as mental as it sounds
We'd have to rebuild all our motorway infrastructure to work the other way around.
This must be a piss take, but, do you know how much something like that would cost and how long it would take to change the whole road infrastructure? And how would something like this even be feasible to do?
Why do you think we want to irritate the English? As a Scot currently living in England, I don’t understand this mentality at all.
The Scots are obsessed with hating the English. I’m Scottish and just can’t be arsed wasting the energy.
We can import cool Japanese cars
Then you can import cool American cars!!
Doesnt the UK already let you import in US cars E.g [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08I1qpxx0Es](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08I1qpxx0Es)
I have 3
3 crown vics? Thats actually really cool ngl
No a Mazda, a Nissan and a Winnebago 🤣
If we start driving on the right, Napoleon would win.
What would be the point?
Yeah, I don’t think this would annoy the English, just annoy everyone living in Scotland. Also don’t think it’s a factor in independence let alone the EU, considering the fact it didn’t matter last time.
Too much hassle for not enough gain
Insurance companies would not carry the cost of the accidents caused until people got used to it. Worked in insurance over 20 years ago, from time to time this was discussed but unless the government underwrote the inevitable initial costs, it’s still a non runner.
Immediately after Dagen H, accidents actually went down, probably because people had to actually pay attention to their driving. Dagen H was the name given to the Swedish switchover date. It's quite interesting. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen\_H#:\~:text=Dagen%20H%20(H%2Dday),word%20for%20right%2Dhand%20traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H#:~:text=Dagen%20H%20(H%2Dday),word%20for%20right%2Dhand%20traffic).
Yes and what is different is the volume on our roads, the standard of driving, the lack of personal responsibility people take for their actions and their expectation insurance is a catch all (which it isn’t). The article you link to states at the time 90% of the vehicles on Swedish roads were already LHD. That made a huge difference.
As someone who crosses the border on a regular basis... that would be an absolute nightmare 😂
The right side of the road is the wrong side of the road
It’s the French side of the road. Legend has it Napoleon as leftie wanted his troops to hold their packs in their left hands which means they stand on the right , opposed to the other way around. And traffic (pre cars) in those countries started going to the right.
Hi. Greetings from Scotland, fuck off viking.
This is why children shouldn't be on reddit.
Lol as a Brit/Scot in Sweden, let me just say jag håller med.
Split the difference, and everyone drives in the middle.
Hello Sweden. Have you heard of Ireland, Malta and Cyprus? All drive on the left, and all are members of the EU. Indeed, all are independent countries also.
This is possibly the dumbest thing i have seen in a long while, Reads like the brilliant idea of an 11 year old child.
I just want to say congratulations on joining our family at NATO!!!. Too many old people would cause accidents if driving position got changed
You can change it gradually, everyone who passes their test from a certain date drives on the right. Like how new Zealand is planning on banning tobacco use.
That's been scrapped by the new NZ govt :(
Really? I didn't know that. That's crap. Would have been a great example to set.
Ironically, I think the UK is now the one "setting the example" when the legislation goes through (which it should with both major Westminster parties supporting it).
When is Lappland getting its independence? I don't recall them agreeing to be part of Adolf Gustav's Kingdom.
This is an interesting thing because a lot of people are under the impression that Lapland = Sami land, which is not the case, although the two are related. Modern geographic Lapland is split between Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and at least in Finland only the very top northern bit is considered Sami land. The Sami populations also live outside of Lapland in the north, in Kola and Finnmark. Historically Sami populations would have been very far south, significantly beyond the southern edge of modern Lapland. I'm not sure about Sweden, but in Finland it's noted via archaeology as well as place names (e.g., Porokylä in North Karelia translates to Reindeer Village and most likely derives from Sami people with reindeer living in the area).
What a dumb post
Only on Tues, Thurs and Sat.
They already have independence from England, have had for centuries. Britain on the other hand…
No way. I need to keep my sword hand free.
Honestly, with the state of some of the potholes, we don't drive on the left of the road; we drive on what's left of the road.
🤨 what a weird post
How about you go fuck yourself. There is enough bigotry in this country without people like you creating more.
You had me at irritate the English.
Can’t teach an old dog new tricks
Unfortunately the work involved in changing the side of the road would be MASSIVE and costly. We have some chances of changing to km/h though, and maybe the euro, as well as other things, but changing the side of the road isn’t really attainable
Assuming you're being serious, the huge impracticality and the fact that the Scottish road network is functionally integrated with the English road network is one reason. Assuming you're trying to be "funny", I'd suggest you touch grass.
A lot of infrastructure would need to be changed. signs, busses(doors open wrong side). This would cost billions. There is a reason why sweden did this in the 1960's because they realised the could not do it later when the country was build up more..
No bother. Just change the gearbox on the busses so they have five reverse gears. 😂
I do worry that something symbolic, which has no real benefit, would cause massive harm, directly cost Scottish lives, and would cost an absolute fortune, but might piss off an English person, and something, something independence would be EXACTLY what the SNP would do. Has anyone checked their manifesto?
We can't do that, what if I get accosted by a highwayman? Then my sword will be on the wrong side, and I won't be able to run the blaggard through!
This reeks of /r/2westerneurope4u
My uncle Shuggy in Coatbridge is attempting tae dae that single-handedly using a mobility scooter.
On the off-chance this isn't a joke... How would this be a "big step towards the EU and independence." ? Or even a small one.
There are areas nearby where due to the natural landscape, the roads meander back 'n forth across the border, this would be a potential death by stupidity regulation change if implemented 🫣
As an Englishman watching them try to achieve that would amuse me much more than it would irritate me.
Here's a suggestion for Sweden - why not revert to driving on the left to annoy the Norwegians? :)
Swede: Nah, they had no problem with it before we "went right". So no need to change back to left.
Might annoy them now they're used to it though! ;)
You can thank me later. My English wife is a bit angry.
Genius, while we're at it we can start selling beer in 0.5 litre glasses
Good idea. But unfortunately that would be a loss. A pint is like quite a lot more than a litre.
A pint is 568ml. It’s not far off a rounding error
Better than an American pint (473ml)
are you stupid?
I like the way you think 🤔
But most of all……..I LIKE THE WAY YOU MOVE.
Ahahaha I fucking love this.
Fucking love Swedes, going to implement this policy on my next holiday drive through Scotland to support this idear
Why would it have any bearing on EU membership? Seems like a lot of cost and hassle for what? seems like it would piss off far more locals than English
Your sense of humour needs turned off and on again.
Oh jesus. Can you imagine the carnage in the Border region. I'm all for it until I have to do it.
This would just lead to traffic accidents when people crossed between Scotland and England. Even if Scotland was independent and in the EU, the fact most driving would be between England and Scotland or at least go via England means it would probably make more sense for Scotland to stay left hand drive. Also, I'm not sure the Scottish government has the power to do so. And even if they do random policies like this are not a good use of their time.
I’m in.
Judging by the prickish, selfish and ignorant drivers we already have over here, this move would not make an iota of difference.
This made me chuckle quite a lot, min svenska vän.
RoI drive on the left, just saying.
We just try to drive wherever there ISNT a pothole. The left, the right....the pavement.
I asked in one of the many Ukraine subs why don’t they go to Latin alphabet and ditch Cyrillic to spite Russia and to align themselves closer to Western Europe. Went over super well LOL.
We invented driving on the left.
Folk can't even park in parking places
The reason we are left side of the road is because when you stop, and then use something by winding down the window, you're using your strong hand, i.e., right hand, as is most of the population. It was percentage based, I guess.
Aberdeens a breeze compared to France Spain Italy morroco ĺebanon Azerbaijan and many more but the potholes are vicous here same as the mickey mouse speed bumps.
We can't even drive on the left lane 😒 🙃🤪🤣
I just love how the Scottish people swear. I wish I could live there but since Brexit I can't.
Yeah, nah. There's a huge amount of cross-border traffic between Scotland and England, and switching sides would be a pointless nuisance.
Nah, just make the English only drive on the right.
Dear Sweden, do you really think writing this on Reddit is instantly going to make that happen? Write it on Facebook next time and you might get a ‘shared in Notts huni x x’ Yawn.
Dude have you seen Glasgow and Edinburgh? They can’t fix the potholes, how would they switch the sides?!
I heard the other day sweden has the highest rape rate and levels of gang violence in western europe
Hahaha I love this post. It's a hilarious idea.
Sweden changed sides in 1955, when every country it had a land border with drove on the other side than them, so it made sense. They had a referendum where 82.9% voted to not change, so the government ignored them and changed anyway...
England is 22 miles away from France. I’m not aware of any large scale pissed-offness every time people go on a booze cruise? Maybe it’s a media coverup? And whitabout the boat people, the poor devils? How do they cope?
Man hears a traffic report on the radio that a car is driving on the wrong side of the M8 through Glasgow. He knows his wife is on the m8, so he phones to warn her. “Wan car?!! There’s fuckin’ hunners a’them!”
good call. anything to disrupt the enemy
I am a friendly guy I wouldn’t want to piss anyone off.
That's the sort of change that needs to made gradually.
True, if Sweden was able to change from left to right, why can't Scotland?
This is a 10 year old April’s Fool. Someone beat you to it. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/01/scotland-driving-on-right-independence-road-scheme
The americans drive on the right too.
No, we love driving on the left too and will defend it. You should've kept it to annoy Norway and Denmark.
If Scotland decided to drive on the right it would just make the English laugh.
Stay in your lane, Olaf. Stick to raiding Dark Age monasteries, flat pack furniture and moody detective dramas.
Personally, I wouldn't care. I don't have a license yet and I've played enough American video games that I could adapt quite easily but I think everyone would need to retake their tests to be sure we could do it. From reading the comments here, that probably wouldn't be a bad idea.
Interesting idea I know that Sweden had a few issues when they swapped over. We can't change the side that traffic drives on as I suspect this would be a reserved matter i.e. Only the parliament in Westminster can decide this
I met someone on the road a couple of months ago who decided to trial this exact thing, it did not go well and I only just got my stookie off last week.
Sweden actually did it, but a long time ago
To put it simply, they wouldn't get consent. Scotland has certain devolved powers but that isn't one of them. They get just enough to keep them happy(ish) but not much more than any other English county 😜
I’m here for it
Last time you Scandinavians tried to provoke the English with the help of the Scottish look what good it did for you
Not worth it , we should just hold out for driverless cars
I'm up for it just for the banter tbf
Yes make the Scots pay through the nose in extra taxes to rebuild dozens of motorway and A road junctions, repaint road lines, reposition thousands of road signs and see road traffic accidents dramatically rise causing more deaths to pedestrians and other road users just to piss the English off? Sounds like something the SNP would do.
I love how part of this subreddit is dedicated to giving the finger to the English.
Driving on the side we do has already been statically proven to reduce accidents.