Talk:Dagen H

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[edit] Photo caption

Can we add a caption to the photo; it's not entirely clear to me exactly what's going on in this picture. Is this during the 10-minute period when the directional switchover was made? -- Seth Ilys 23:12, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "H" in Dagen H

I'm assuming H stands for the swedish name for right? Am I right? --Gbleem 00:05, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Yes, right = höger in Swedish. Den fjättrade ankan 17:35, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Trams

"Trams that ran on tracks embedded in the streets were junked" Why? And why did the trams in Gothenburg survive? AlainV 02:30, 2004 May 14 (UTC)

I'm not trying to answer this, but it does seem that trams became unpopular all over the place at some point around that time...
Factoid: Subways in Stockholm are still RHD. Harald Hansen 18:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Crash rate

Uh, the article currently mentions that the number of road accidents dropped sharply as a result of the changeover. What it fails to mentions, as is mentioned at Rules of the road, is that the accident rate rose to its previous level within two years. If this is true, could somebody please add it: I'm not sure of the facts myself. --Dom 00:39, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Can't the lower accident rate after the switch be attributed, also, to the possibility that everyone on Sweden at the time were driving more carefully due to the switch? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.161.197.132 (talk) 09:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weren't all cars LHD?

The article says that most Swedes drive imported cars with the steering wheel on the left, but what about Volvos and Saabs? Were these RHD? I don't think so.

They weren't, or to be precise: I have never seen one, and I live next door (Norway). Harald Hansen 18:44, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually one of the argument against the switch was that the driver could not see the edge of the road driving on the right in a LHD car. As for SAABs they seem to have all been LHD, even the prototype 92 was LHDcommons:Image:Saab92001(1946)2.JPG, the only exception seems to be the Saab Sonett mk1commons:Image:Saabsonettsupersportinterior.jpg (but notice the placement of the gear stick!) // Liftarn