Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:37:04 +0200Seventy-five years of driving on the righthttps://english.radio.cz/seventy-five-years-driving-right-8301251© 2026 Radio Prague International March 17,1939 brought a revolution on Czech roads: the commander of the German occupation forces ordered a change-over to a right-hand traffic system with almost immediate effect. Although the change had been in the pipeline for years its immediate enforcement was not easy. Moreover, Prague was given a 9-day reprieve, creating a schizophrenic situation where drivers in the capital still drove on the left, but elsewhere around the country traffic was already moving on the right. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/okupace_1939.jpg?timestamp=1771248477 Seventy-five years of driving on the right https://english.radio.cz/seventy-five-years-driving-right-8301251 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9