From my knowledge, the UK helped not only its former colonies develop their driving infrastructure, but also countries like Indonesia and Japan, thus them also driving on the left side of the road. Did the US have a bigger influence on Canadian road development than Britain? And if so, why?
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Cars weren’t invented until well after Canada became an independent country (1867)… so why would they copy the British on that? It makes much more sense to copy your immediate neighbours to the south, with whom you do a lot of trade, have a massive land border, and probably going to have a lot of cars going between them… both to be sold, and owned and driven by regular citizens. Consistency makes plenty of sense there.
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