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Re: England Changing???

To: "British Cars" <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: England Changing???
From: Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 12:29:07 -0700
> It seems like a reasonable idea.  Sweden did the same thing in the
> '60s.  

mikecon@es.co.nz said:
> I seem to remember that the official changeover took place at
> something like 3.00am as it was reasoned that there wouldn't be many
> vehicles on the roads at that time.... the reality was that just about
> everybody with a vehicle was on the road so that they could change
> sides at the designated time....... 

And I recall there was a national speed limit of something like 25 mph for a 
week as everyone got used to the change.

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