A double fatality in the United States may have occurred when an Australian driver drove on the wrong side of the road.
It's understood a Western Australian man is in jail in the US awaiting a court hearing after the car he was driving collided head-on with another vehicle near the small town of La Honda in California, killing two people.that because the man had not been in the country long, the California Highway Patrol believed "he may have thought he was driving on the correct side of the road."
In New Zealand, an educational campaign called the Foreign Driver's Project was introduced in 2016 to reduce the potential risk of international visitors on the roads. While a study carried out in 1969 found countries where drivers stick to the left have lower rates of traffic crashes than those who drive on the right, a moresought to consider whether the human nervous system favoured one over the other.
“Historically, there wasn't any need for making people move on the left-hand side of the road or the right-hand side of the road because there simply wasn't enough traffic and what traffic there was it was relatively slow,” he said.“It’s only when you get increasing amounts of traffic that it became an issue,” he said.Milford Sound is a popular New Zealand tourist destination. Authorities there are reportedly investigating if foreign motorists can be banned from driving to it.
“If somebody came at you, or somebody coming from the other direction, wanted to attack you, you could get your sword out quickly and attack them,” Stratton said.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sri Lankan Australian epic famila saga to return to Australian stage following hit UK tourThe award-winning 19-person show Counting and Cracking is headlining Sydney's Belvoir next year alongside international juggernauts The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and August: Osage County.
Read more »
Why Australian rye whiskey tastes differentFormer engineers who dabbled in distilling are now using local grain to cater to rye whiskey enthusiasts around the world.
Read more »
Australian politicians unite for Julian Assange lobby in the USA delegation of Australian politicians from across the board will travel to the United States in September to lobby against the extradition of Julian Assange from a London prison.
Read more »
Barnaby Joyce, Monique Ryan to urge release of Julian Assange during US visitA group of federal Australian politicians is heading to Washington to push for the United States to end its pursuit of Julian Assange.
Read more »
More than weapons riding on Kim’s train ride to VladivostokFor Pyongyang, tighter partnerships with Russia and China help break its diplomatic isolation to become part of a united front against the United States.
Read more »
Webuild’s Australian business saved by Snowy 2.0 restructureItalian engineering group Webuild was facing losses of $4 billion to $5 billion on Snowy 2.0 before the contract was restructured.
Read more »