Traffic in Sweden

Jan 25, 1997

RAY: This was sent to us by John Pitts via cartalk.com. In Sweden, on a weekday in 1965 at 5 PM all traffic in the whole country stopped. A few moments later it started up again and has never been the same since. What happened at 5 PM and why did it happen on a weekday?

Answer: 

RAY: Here's the answer:

In 1967, Sweden changed the side of the road on which they drove.


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