File talk:Countries driving on the left or right.svg

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Would it be possible to make this map use one of the maps where the small island countries are marked with circles? I don't have an SVG editor that I know how to use unfortunately! The smaller islands don't have land borders to worry about so there's a higher chance of them using a different side of the road to the countries around them. I can't even see Malta on the map, for example. --Nikki (talk) 02:37, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vanuatu

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Vanuatu's blue. According to the en-wiki article, it should be red. Kwamikagami (talk) 07:39, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Samoa drive on the left

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Samoa from today drive on the left:

  1. Samoa prepares to drive on the left (english)
  2. Samoans fight the switch from right to left (english)
  3. Ein Inselstaat führt den Linksverkehr ein (deutsch)

Beroesz (talk) 13:18, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Updating image/thumbnail

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Hi guys. I changed Samoa to blue and uploaded that new version of the file, but it hasn't seemed to refresh, or at least render new thumbnails. Any suggestions? Haku8645 (talk) 19:39, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Choice of colours

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I was just wondering why red has been chosen to illustrate the right, and blue the left? This seems unusual. Not looking to change things really, just curious. Mr.choppers (talk) 09:23, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

West Bank

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West Bank is grey in your map, but they drive on the right.--Molch-Entertainment 20:02, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Easter Island

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I guess Pitcairn confused me. Do you think we'd add Easter Island too? - Flexman (talk) 21:12, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Antarctica

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Antarctica is shown in red in most versions of the map. However, the en.wikipedia article on left and right hand traffic makes no mention of Antarctica. I wonder if there is any civilian or scientific road traffic that can be classified as left or right; and if so, if sources are available. Since the only civilian non-scientific settlements in Antarctica are Chilean and Argentinian, assuming RHT is reasonable but sources would be better especially considering the back and forth in the map history. –2405:6584:82A0:2600:598A:228F:B6B7:9415 12:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt whether there are any established roads in the conventional sense. Probably it would be better to just leave it off the map... AnonMoos (talk) 14:09, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@AnonMoos: there is at least one established road and hence some tracts in Antarctica should be presented. But, of course, clueless to flood-fill a vast undeveloped territory without a functional authority. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:04, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It should be in grey. There's no evidence of this rule applying to Antarctica on a continent-wide basis. Xophe84 (talk) 01:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]