Switch to right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia

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The switch to right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia was a change in the rule of the road in 1938–1939.

Before 1938, Czechoslovakia drove on the left. In 1925, Czechoslovakia accepted the Paris convention and undertook to change to right-hand traffic "within a reasonable time frame". In 1931, the government decreed to change over within five years, which did not happen. The main obstacles were financial cost and widespread opposition in rural areas. In November 1938, parliament finally decided to change to right-hand traffic with effect from 1 May 1939. Progress towards this goal continued under the Nazi occupation.^[1]