Editing Left- and right-hand traffic (section)

===Legality of wrong-hand-drive vehicles by country===
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{{incomplete table|date=October 2021}}
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{|class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
|+Legality of wrong-hand-drive vehicles
! Country
! Usage
! Registration<br/>(diplomatic<br/>vehicles)
! Registration<br/>(normal<br/>vehicles)
! Ref
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Afghanistan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariananews.af/right-hand-vehicles-legalized-in-afghanistan/|title=Right-hand vehicles legalized in Afghanistan|date=12 March 2023|publisher=Ariana News|access-date=12 March 2023|archive-date=12 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312061041/https://www.ariananews.af/right-hand-vehicles-legalized-in-afghanistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Angola}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Argentina}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ar.motor1.com/news/478252/repatriacion-se-trajo-un-honda-s2000-desde-nueva-zelanda-y-con-volante-a-la-derecha/|title=Repatriación: se trajo un Honda S2000 desde Nueva Zelanda (y con volante a la derecha)|quote=En nuestro país no hay ninguna normativa que impida que circulen vehículos con volante a la derecha. De hecho, es una configuración muy común entre los autos clásicos. (In our country there are no regulations that prevent right-hand drive vehicles from circulating. In fact, it is a very common configuration among classic cars.)}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Armenia}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Australia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Bahamas}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="bahamas"/>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Bahrain}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
|{{Flagcountry|Belarus}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Почему белорусы никогда не покупают праворульные автомобили |url=https://www.avtovzglyad.ru/sovety/kupi-proday/2022-09-21-pochemu-belorusy-nikogda-ne-pokupajut-pravorulnye-avtomobili/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=avtovzglyad.ru |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Почему на некоторых автомобилях из России лучше не приезжать в Беларусь |url=https://abw.by/news/automarket/2019/04/08/izgotovyat-nomera-rastamozhat-i-postavyat-na-uchet-pochemu-na-nekotoryh-avtomobilyah-iz-rossii-luchshe-ne-priezzhat-v-belarus |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=abw.by |language=ru |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113162306/https://abw.by/news/automarket/2019/04/08/izgotovyat-nomera-rastamozhat-i-postavyat-na-uchet-pochemu-na-nekotoryh-avtomobilyah-iz-rossii-luchshe-ne-priezzhat-v-belarus |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Belgium}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Bolivia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Brazil}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{cite act |type=Resolution |index=528 |date=14 May 2015 |article=1 |legislature=[[Ministry of Transport (Brazil)|Brazilian National Transit Council (Contran)]] |url=https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucao-contran-no-528-de-14-de-maio-de-2015 |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215124558/https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucao-contran-no-528-de-14-de-maio-de-2015 |archive-date=15 December 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Contran Resolution No. 528/2015 |url=https://www.interregs.com/catalogue/details/bra-52815/contran-resolution-no-528-2015/prohibition-from-registering-and-licensing-motor-vehicles-with-a-right-hand-drive/ |website=InterRegs |access-date=15 December 2023 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215125010/https://www.interregs.com/catalogue/details/bra-52815/contran-resolution-no-528-2015/prohibition-from-registering-and-licensing-motor-vehicles-with-a-right-hand-drive/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|British Virgin Islands}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="Fodor"/>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Brunei}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LOB/PDF/Cap68subRg1%282.8.07%29.pdf|title=Road Traffic Act|publisher=Government of Brunei}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Bulgaria}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Burundi}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Cambodia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="canada-rhd">{{cite web|url=http://www.icbc.com/library/research_papers/right-hand-drive_vehicles/index.asp |title=Right-hand-drive vehicles |publisher=ICBC  |access-date=2011-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001400/http://www.icbc.com/library/research_papers/right-hand-drive_vehicles/index.asp |archive-date=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Cayman Islands}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="caymans" />
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Chile}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://practicatest.cl/blog/normativa-de-transito/modificar-auto-volante-lado-derecho|website=practicatest.cl|title=¿Puedo modificar un auto que tiene el volante en el lado derecho?|quote=La ley chilena indica que en el país solo pueden circular automóviles con el volante a la izquierda, por lo que esos autos solo podrán salir a la calle una vez que se modifique el vehículo cambiando todo el equipamiento de manejo al lado correcto. (Chilean law indicates that only left-hand drive cars can circulate in the country, so those cars can only go out on the street once the vehicle is modified by changing all the driving equipment to the correct side.)|access-date=7 May 2023|archive-date=7 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507162958/https://practicatest.cl/blog/normativa-de-transito/modificar-auto-volante-lado-derecho|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|China}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref name="china-RHD">{{cite web|url=https://carnewschina.com/2018/04/03/spotted-in-china-g50-toyota-century-v12-in-black-rhd/|title=Spotted in China: G50 Toyota Century V12 in Black, RHD|first=Joey|last=Wang|date=3 April 2018|website=CarNewsChina.com |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240315115550/https://carnewschina.com/2018/04/03/spotted-in-china-g50-toyota-century-v12-in-black-rhd/ |archive-date= 15 March 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Cyprus}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Dominican Republic}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|DR Congo}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|El Salvador}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Ethiopia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Finland}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|France}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Georgia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref>{{cite journal|title=The causal effect of wrong-hand drive vehicles on road safety|doi=10.1016/j.ecotra.2017.10.002|first=Felix|last=Roesel|journal=Economics of Transportation|volume=11|pages=15–22|year=2021|hdl=10419/170527 |s2cid=115656881 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Germany}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-31 |title=Können Rechtslenker in Deutschland zugelassen werden? |url=https://www.tuningblog.eu/kategorien/tuev-gesetze-verbote/rechtslenker-zulassen-388528/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=tuningblog.eu |language=de-DE |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118040803/https://www.tuningblog.eu/kategorien/tuev-gesetze-verbote/rechtslenker-zulassen-388528/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Ghana}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Gibraltar}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Greece}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Guernsey}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Guyana}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Honduras}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Hong Kong}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/licences_and_permits/vehicle_first_registration/guidelines_for_importation_and_registration_of_mot/index.html|quote=Application for the registration and licensing of a left hand drive vehicle will not be accepted unless there are special circumstances.|title=GUIDELINES FOR IMPORTATION AND REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE|work=Transport Department|access-date=17 November 2022|archive-date=14 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214025950/https://www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/licences_and_permits/vehicle_first_registration/guidelines_for_importation_and_registration_of_mot/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Hungary}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|India}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
|{{Flagcountry|Indonesia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-18 |title=Terkuak Mobil Dinas Favorit FBI, Masih Digunakan Kedubes AS di Indonesia |trans-title=FBI's most famous operational vehicle is used by US Embassy in Indonesia |url=https://www.suara.com/otomotif/2019/09/18/151500/terkuak-mobil-dinas-favorit-fbi-masih-digunakan-kedubes-as-di-indonesia |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=suara.com |language=id |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702074549/https://www.suara.com/otomotif/2019/09/18/151500/terkuak-mobil-dinas-favorit-fbi-masih-digunakan-kedubes-as-di-indonesia |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nugraha |first=Muhammad Indra |date=2024-08-26 |title=Ada yang Aneh dengan Tesla Cybertruck Pertama di Indonesia |trans-title=Something is strange with first Tesla Cybertruck arrived in Indonesia |url=https://www.viva.co.id/otomotif/mobil/1745873-ada-yang-aneh-dengan-tesla-cybertruck-pertama-di-indonesia?page=all |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=viva.co.id |language=id}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Iran}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Ireland}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Israel}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Italy}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Japan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Jersey}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Kazakhstan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Kenya}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="kyrgyzstan-rhd"/>
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Laos}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
|-
| {{Flagcountry|Lithuania}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=pl-lt/>
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| {{Flagcountry|Macau}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Malaysia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Malta}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Micronesia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Mongolia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Myanmar}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Nepal}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Netherlands}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|New Zealand}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Nicaragua}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Nigeria}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|North Korea}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Northern Cyprus}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Pakistan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Palau}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Paraguay}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Peru}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Philippines}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Republic Act No. 8506 {{!}} GOVPH |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/02/13/republic-act-no-8506/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202115918/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/02/13/republic-act-no-8506/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| {{Flagcountry|Poland}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref name=pl-lt>{{CELEX|62011CJ0639|text=Case C‑639/11 – Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 20 March 2014. European Commission v Republic of Poland}}, {{ECLI|ECLI:EU:C:2014:173}}</ref>
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| {{Flagcountry|Romania}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/sci-tech/auto/masinile-cu-volan-pe-dreapta-aduse-din-marea-britanie-nu-mai-pot-fi-omologate-in-romania-de-la-1-ianuarie-2021-1427339|date=2021-01-02|title=Mașinile cu volan pe dreapta aduse din Marea Britanie nu mai pot fi omologate în România de la 1 ianuarie 2021|language=ro}}</ref>
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| {{Flagcountry|Russia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="rbth.com"/>
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| {{Flagcountry|Rwanda}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Sierra Leone}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|<ref name="sierra-leone-RHD"/>
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| {{Flagcountry|Singapore}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/lta_information_guidelines/buy_a_new_vehicle/self_importation_.MainPar.22837.File.tmp/Car.pdf&ei=Zbj1U9SsN4ahugSWj4DAAw&usg=AFQjCNHTc_pJsESOog6-rHv936wzuqfI-Q |title=PROCEDURES ON IMPORTATION AND REGISTRATION OF A CAR IN SINGAPORE |publisher=LTA |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407131700/http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/lta_information_guidelines/buy_a_new_vehicle/self_importation_.mainpar.22837.file.tmp/car.pdf%26ei%3Dzbj1u9ssn4ahugswj4daaw%26usg%3Dafqjcnhtc_pjsesoog6-rhv936wzuqfi-q |archive-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Flagcountry|Slovakia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Somalia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Somaliland}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|South Africa}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|South Korea}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|South Sudan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Spain}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Suriname}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Taiwan}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawSingle.aspx?Pcode=K0040013&FLNO=83|language=zh|title=道路交通安全規則§83-全國法規資料庫入口網站|publisher=Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)|date=2015-08-14|accessdate=2015-10-17|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509051155/https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawSingle.aspx?Pcode=K0040013&FLNO=83}}</ref>
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| {{Flagcountry|Tanzania}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Thailand}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Turkey}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
| {{unknown}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Turks and Caicos Islands}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="turks and caicos"/>
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| {{Flagcountry|Uganda}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|Ukraine}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|United States}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 
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| {{Flagcountry|U.S. Virgin Islands}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref name="Fodor"/>
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| {{Flagcountry|Vietnam}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
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| {{Flagcountry|Yemen}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{Flagcountry|Zambia}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown}}
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According to the [[Vienna Convention on Road Traffic]], which mostly covers Europe, if having a vehicle registered and legal to drive in one of the Convention countries, it is legal to drive it in any other of the countries, for visits and first year of residence after moving. This is regardless of whether it fulfils all the rules of the visitor countries. This convention does not affect rules on usage or registration of local vehicles.