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India's great for that kind of statistic isn't it? The billion Indians make cricket one of the world's most popular sports too, although it is only played at the top level in 10 countries. Daniel Baum '69 T34: Coming back to life. > I don't think that driving on the left is such a small minority. > > There are more than 40 different independent sovereign nations which drive on > the "wrong" side of the road (i.e. the left) and they have a combined > population of more than 1.8 billion which is roughly one third of the world's > population. Some of the biggest drive on the left countries in terms of > vehicle usage and population would be India, Pakistan, South Africa, Britain, > Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan. And, VWType3s were sold in each > of them except for India. > > Simon Glen > Toowoomba, Australia. > > Dave Hall wrote: > > > > > You're probably right for our cars, but I seem to recall that most new > > > > mirrors available (ie Bug ones) are handed in both ways, and are only > > > > set up for LHD. This means that if us RHD folk fit the new mirrors, we > > > > can't see a darn thing in them! > > > > > > This certainly sounds like a cruel joke on you folks who drive on > > > the wrong side of the road. Maybe someone's trying to tell you > > > something. ;-) > > > > Probably that Taiwan drives on the right! > > If that's not the reason, what's wrong with being in the minority? I don't > > want to be just one of the crowd (unless it's a Type 3 crowd)! > > > > Actually, if you dismantle these isn't it usually possible to reassemble > > them for the other side anyway? The early ones with the gracefully curved > > arms were certainly like that, and I think the used ones I have are like > > that too. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >