noun
left-hand drive
Refers to vehicles where the steering wheel is on the left side, typical in countries that drive on the right.
日本では左ハンドルの車は珍しい。
In Japan, left-hand drive cars are rare.
彼は左ハンドルの外車を買った。
He bought a left-hand drive foreign car.
右ハンドル means right-hand drive, the standard in Japan and other left-side driving countries.
Compound of 左 (ひだり, 'left') and ハンドル ('handle, steering wheel'), a straightforward wasei-eigo construction.