Thursday, July 24, 2008
Samoa Declares September 7-8 Driving Side Switch Public Holiday
Sources: The New Zealand Herald and Samoa public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Minister of Transport, Tuisugaletaua Aveau, announced today that the switch from driving on the right hand side of the road to the left hand side of the road, will take effect at 6:00am on the 7th of September 2009, and that to mark the switch date, the 7th and 8th of September, 2009, have been declared as public holidays to "allow for familiarisation with the change".