Upon arrival at Yangon, I noticed something weird. The cars in Myanmar are driven on the right side of the road, similar to US. But the majority of cars, including our tour bus, are all right-sided driver, which are supposed to be for the countries where people drive on the left side of the road.
I first thought that probably these cars are second hand cars from countries where people drive on the left side of the road, and being a third world country, plus the embargo by some countries, cause the supply of car to be limited. That, I thought, probably the main reason for this weird mixture.
The truth is only revealed when I ask Johnny, our local tour guide. He told me that the people in Myanmar tend to have a strong belief in mysticism and that the leader of the country is not excluded from that tendency. Apparently, a leader had been advised by a fortune teller to implement the this weird traffic rules: vehicle must be driven on the right side of the road, but the driver must also be on the right side of the vehicle (in this case cars & buses). The benefit of that apparently for stability, for those who are in power.
That advised has been followed until now.
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