Historical Photographs with Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]Traffic chaos[/post_page_title]

This picture of a pretty crowded and chaotic street is from Stockholm, Sweden on September 3rd 1967. That was the day the country switched over from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. Knowing that, the picture is actually kind of hilarious.

Traffic chaos

People were clearly confused and it took a few days for the citizens to get used to no longer driving like the Brits. The reason for the change was that all the neighboring countries already drove on the right side, and there was much traffic between them.

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