Editing Road (section)

===Right- and left-hand traffic===
{{Main|Right- and left-hand traffic}}
[[File:Roadmumbaiindia.jpg|thumb|A city street in [[Mumbai, India]] with left-hand traffic]]
Traffic flows on the right or on the left side of the road depending on the country.<ref name="Why_In_Britain">{{cite web |author= Ray |title= Why In Britain Do We Drive On The Left? |publisher= 2Pass.co.uk |date= 2007 |url=http://www.2pass.co.uk/goodluck.htm |access-date= 2007-03-24 }}</ref> In countries where traffic flows on the right, traffic signs are mostly on the right side of the road, [[roundabout]]s and [[traffic circle]]s go counter-clockwise/anti-clockwise, and pedestrians crossing a two-way road should watch out for traffic from the left first.<ref name="Rule_of_the_Road">{{cite book |last= Kincaid |first= Peter |title= The Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice |publisher= Greenwood Press |year= 1986 |isbn= 978-0-313-25249-5 }}</ref> In countries where traffic flows on the left, the reverse is true.

About 33% of the world by population drive on the left, and 67% keep right. By road distances, about 28% drive on the left, and 72% on the right,<ref name="brianlucas">{{cite web |last=Lucas |first=Brian |year=2005 |url=http://www.brianlucas.ca/roadside/ |title= Which side of the road do they drive on?|access-date=2006-08-03}}</ref> even though originally most traffic drove on the left worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/|title=Plug & socket types}}</ref>