Savoy Court

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Driving in.
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Driving in.
Driving out. Note the traffic lights on the right.
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Driving out. Note the traffic lights on the right.

Savoy Court is the forecourt of the Savoy Hotel. It is the only street in the United Kingdom where drivers are legally required to drive on the right. This is said [1] to date from the days when a cab driver would reach his arm out of the driver's door window to open the passenger's door (which opened backwards and had the handle at the front), without having to get out of the cab himself. (See Hackney carriage)

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  1. ^ Why does traffic entering and leaving the Savoy Hotel in London drive on the right?

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