Driving Side Clues

Left-side driving narrows the map, but the next clue should identify the region. Pair the traffic clue with plates, language, road markings, and landscape.

Left-driving splits

• UK: white front plates and yellow rear plates, frequent double yellow road-edge lines in towns, English signs, and black/white/red roadside bollards.
• Ireland: left driving like the UK, but plates are usually white front and rear with a blue EU strip; yellow outside road dashes and yellow diamond warning signs are useful.
• Malta: left driving, short plates, English, "triq" on street signs, and dense urban stone architecture.
• Cyprus: left driving, Greek plus English, occasional red rental plates, and road/sign infrastructure influenced by the UK.
• Japan: left driving, Japanese scripts, short white plates with green text or yellow kei-car plates, and dense utility pole infrastructure.
• Thailand: left driving with Thai script; neighbouring Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam drive on the right.
• Australia: left driving, eucalyptus-heavy landscapes, mostly white road lines, and white bollards with red front reflectors.
• New Zealand: left driving, red-wrapped bollards, yellow centre lines in many areas, and frequent blue rural street signs.
• South Africa: left driving plus yellow outer road lines, green direction signs, and often English/Afrikaans place names.

Treat driving side as a filter, then ask which country has the matching road system.