TripHip - Travel Tips and Advice for Traveling on a Budget

It's fairly common knowledge that driving in the United Kingdom is done on the left-side of the road. But did you know that 74 other countries do the same?

Aside from the UK, you will be driving on the left in Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Suriname, New Zealand and India (just to name a few).

If you intend on renting a car at your destination, you might want to see what the driving custom is. Unless you have some experience switching sides, you are just asking for a traffic accident by doing so for the first time on vacation.