Dagen H, 3 september 1967, del 1

Filmklipp från Dagen H, 3 september 1967.
Kortfilmaren, Göran Undén, filmade Slussen i Stockholm
före, under och även efter övergången till högertrafik.
I filmen hörs bland andra högertrafikgeneralen Lars Skiöld
och den dåvarande kommunikationsministern Olof Palme.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• högertrafikomläggningen
• vänstertrafik
• DagenH
• 3september
• 1967

[OttovonEarth]

5:30 - whether Christer Pettersson wasn't a 'högertrafik' supporter then...

[SirJensen1997]

@DriftxKingGTR Yeah it must have been pretty complicated, especially when most cars had only rear-view mirror on the right side.

[DriftxKingGTR]

@SirJensen1997 oh i see. but i dont get how the cars were left hand steering and still they were going on the left before they changes :S

[SirJensen1997]

@DriftxKingGTR Sweden was the only scandinavian country with lefthand traffic, none of the other countries in the area had lefthand traffic, thats why we did change to righthand traffic.

[DriftxKingGTR]

WHY??? left hand driving is soo much better!!

[mikjon67]

@radonas I should remember it... I was there!!! I don't remember your birth because I wasn't there! SIMPLE!!!!

[radonas]

@mikjon67 you remember your birth that is kind off disturbing :S

[mikjon67]

I remember the 3rd of Sept 1967 very well! It was when I was born LOL!

[johanwinston]

@Myrtone First that doesn't make a majority of countries or people in numbers. But most importantly look at where European infrastructure is most developed today and even more so during the times when this was decided: yes Western continental Europe. France, Germany and Benelux had most horses and congested roads then and still have most cars and congested roads in Europe. To adapt to left-driving would have made no sense whatsoever. So quite naturally the world ended up on the right side :-)

[Myrtone]

@johanwinston The Austro-Hungarian empire drove on the left and successor countries switched sides. Portugal also drove on the left and different parts of Spain, Poland and Italy drove on different sides. So much easier if France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands had switched to driving on the left, they would have been brought in line with the British Isles as well as Portugal and the Former Austro-Hungarian emprie.