Dagen H: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων
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All Swedish vehicles had to have their original left-traffic [[headlamp]]s [[Driving on the left or right#Headlamps and other lighting equipment|replaced]] with right-traffic units. One of the reasons the Riksdag pushed ahead with Dagen H despite public unpopularity was that most vehicles in Sweden at the time used inexpensive standardised round headlamps, but the trend towards more expensive model-specific headlamps had begun in Continental Europe and was expected to spread through most other parts of the world. Further delay in changeover from left to right traffic would have greatly increased the cost burden to vehicle owners.
On the Monday following Dagen H, there were 125 reported traffic accidents, compared with a range of 130 to 198 for previous Mondays. No fatal traffic accidents were attributed to the switch. However, many older people gave up driving rather than learn to cope with the new rule of the road. Experts had suggested that changing to driving on the right would reduce accidents, since people already drove left-hand drive vehicles, and would therefore have a better view of the road ahead. Indeed, fatal car-to-car and car-to-pedestrian accidents dropped sharply as a result. Some of the decrease was attributed to the fact that speed limits were lowered by 10 km/h for some time after the switch
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