Editing Left- and right-hand traffic (section)

====Other countries in the Americas====
[[File:Nb-stj-1899.jpg|thumb|Parts of Canada were LHT until the 1920s, shown here in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], 1898.]]

In Canada, the provinces of [[Quebec]] and [[Ontario]] were always RHT because they were created out of the former French colony of [[New France]].<ref name="cbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-driving-laws-1.4925856|title=The day New Brunswick switched to driving on the right|publisher=CBC News|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411172313/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-driving-laws-1.4925856|url-status=live}}</ref> The province of [[British Columbia]] changed to RHT in stages from 1920 to 1923,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/roadrunners/1966/1966_03_march.pdf|title=Change of Rule of Road in British Columbia 1920|date=March 1966|work=The British Columbia Road Runner|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020071518/https://www.th.gov.bc.ca/publications/roadrunners/1966/1966_03_march.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/life/week+history+switching+from+left+right+thing/11625241/story.html|title=Week in History: Switching from the left was the right thing to do|last=Griffin|first=Kevin|date=1 January 2016|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827045523/http://www.vancouversun.com/life/week+history+switching+from+left+right+thing/11625241/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[New Brunswick]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] in 1922, 1923, and 1924 respectively,<ref name="ns1758.ca">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808012644/http://ns1758.ca/auto/automobiles.html|url=http://ns1758.ca/auto/automobiles.html|title=Highway Driving Rule Changes Sides|last=Smith|first=Ivan|work=History of Automobiles – The Early Days in Nova Scotia, 1899–1949|archive-date=8 August 2018|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> and the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] (part of Canada since 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Snyder |first1=Timothy |last2=Rowe |first2=F.W. |title=Newfoundland Bill |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/newfoundland-bill |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> in 1947, in order to allow traffic (without side switch) to or from the United States.<ref name="A triumph for left over right">{{cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/a-triumph-for-left-over-right-56169697.html|title=A triumph for left over right|last=Dyer|first=Gwynne|date=30 August 2009|newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827210937/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/a-triumph-for-left-over-right-56169697.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[West Indies]], colonies and territories drive on the same side as their parent countries, except for the [[United States Virgin Islands]]. Many of the island nations are former British colonies and drive on the left, including [[Jamaica]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Barbados]], [[Dominica]], [[Grenada]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], and [[The Bahamas]]. However, most vehicles in The Bahamas,<ref name="bahamas">[https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&tbm=bks&ei=wfvFXrzgILOg8gKPkoX4Dw&q=%22although+as+the+majority+of+the+hire+cars+are+left+hand+drive+American+models%22&oq=%22although+as+the+majority+of+the+hire+cars+are+left+hand+drive+American+models%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...4639.4639.0.6200.1.1.0.0.0.0.93.93.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.tSjFg70YGpM ''Dive the Bahamas: Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkelling''], Lawson Wood, Interlink Publishing Group, 2007, page 23</ref> [[Cayman Islands]],<ref name="caymans">[https://books.google.com/books?id=8UMDsRwk10AC&dq=%22cayman+islands%22+%22left+hand+drive%22&pg=PA46 ''Adventure Guide to the Cayman Islands''], Paris Permenter, John Bigley, Hunter Publishing, Inc, 2001, page 46</ref> [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]<ref name="turks and caicos">[https://books.google.com/books?id=EkeY2SlUEkwC&dq=%22Turks+and+Caicos%22+%22left+hand+drive%22&pg=PA50 ''Turks and Caicos''], Bradt Travel Guides, Annalisa Rellie, Tricia Hayne, 2008, page 50</ref> and both the [[British Virgin Islands]],<ref name="Fodor" /> and the [[United States Virgin Islands]] are LHD due to their being imported from the United States.<ref name="Fodor">[https://books.google.com/books?id=73995EWYNEsC&q=%22british+virgin+islands%22+%22left+hand+drive%22 ''U. S. and British Virgin Islands 2006''], Fodor's Travel Publications, 2005, page 28</ref>

[[File:International bridge - Letham, Guyana (23025487324).jpg|thumb|Crossover bridge near the [[Takutu River Bridge]] between Guyana (LHT) and Brazil (RHT)]]

[[Brazil]], a Portuguese colony until the early 19th century, had in the 19th and the early 20th century mixed rules, with some regions still on LHT, switching these remaining regions to RHT in 1928, the same year Portugal switched sides.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/decret/1920-1929/decreto-18323-24-julho-1928-516789-publicacaooriginal-1-pe.html|title=Decreto nº 18.323, de 24 de Julho de 1928|website=Cãmara dos Deputados|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928082833/https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/decret/1920-1929/decreto-18323-24-julho-1928-516789-publicacaooriginal-1-pe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other Central and South American countries that later switched from LHT to RHT include Argentina,<ref>[https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2024/06/10/el-dia-en-que-en-la-argentina-se-paralizo-el-transito-para-dejar-de-manejar-a-la-inglesa-y-circular-por-la-derecha/ El día en que en la Argentina se paralizó el tránsito para dejar de manejar “a la inglesa” y circular por la derecha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302170633/https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2024/06/10/el-dia-en-que-en-la-argentina-se-paralizo-el-transito-para-dejar-de-manejar-a-la-inglesa-y-circular-por-la-derecha/ |date=2 March 2025 }}, ''Infobae'', 10 June 2024 (in Spanish).</ref> Panama,<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1943/04/25/page/10/article/panama-shifts-to-right-handed-driving-of-cars Panama Shifts To Right Handed Driving Of Cars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111081559/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1943/04/25/page/10/article/panama-shifts-to-right-handed-driving-of-cars |date=11 January 2017 }}, ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', 25 April 1943</ref> Paraguay,<ref>[http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/enterese-1219611.html De izquierda a derecha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225444/http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/enterese-1219611.html |date=3 March 2018 }}, ''[[ABC Color]]'', 2 March 2014</ref> and Uruguay.<ref name="Autoblog"/>

[[Suriname]], along with neighbouring [[Guyana]], are the only two remaining LHT countries in [[South America]].<ref name="tbr2015" />