Right Hand Drive Vehicle Vs. Left Hand Drive Vehicle

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Right Hand Drive means to drive the car to the right side of the road. At beginning in greater number of countries, vehicles were drove on left side of the road, but now more than 60% of the world drive their vehicles on right side and 34% of world countries drive on left hand side.
Generally all countries denote a consistent road traffic flow. It is either right hand traffic (RHT) in which traffic keeps to the right side or left -hand traffic (LHT) in which traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Automobile companies manufacture the right hand drive cars and left hand drive cars.
Right Hand Drive Vehicle Vs. Left Hand Drive Vehicle
Right Hand Drive Vehicles Left Hand Drive Vehicles
In Right hand drive car, the pedals set-up as gas & brake are to your left foot and the clutch is to your right foot. In left hand drive car, the pedals set-up as gas & brake are to your right foot and the clutch is to your left foot.
In Right hand drive car, the gears are to your left. In left hand drive car, the gears are to your right.
In Right hand drive vehicle, one uses left hand to change gears. ...
... In left hand drive car, one uses right hand to change gears.
In right hand vehicle for reverse, one needs to pull the lever closer and then backward. In left hand car for reverse, one needs to push the lever far away and then forward.
In right hand drive car, oncoming traffic and the driver’s wing mirror are handled by the predominantly weaker left eye. In left hand drive car, the predominantly better-performing right eye is used to monitor oncoming traffic and the driver’s wing mirror.
Right hand drive vehicle is required to keep right unless overtaking.
Left hand drive vehicle is required to keep left unless overtaking.

Right Hand Drive Countries
Following are some Right hand drive countries:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mongolia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, United States, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Switzerland, Burma, South Korea.

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