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> Who even enjoys driving on city roads anymore? Or on highways? I drove on American freeways and it was mind-numbingly dull. Just acres of concrete all along t

> Who even enjoys driving on city roads anymore? Or on highways? I drove on American freeways and it was mind-numbingly dull. Just acres of concrete all along the road with nothing interesting to see or do. Who even enjoys writing code any more? It's just line after line of characters on a screen, with nothing interesting to see or do. Yet another american claim that "I don't like something, therefore no one else must like it either", with the usual view that because something is terrible in America, it must be terrible everywhere.

puranjay 10y ago
I'm actually Indian. 160,000 of us died in road accidents last year. Driving has now become a choice between the dull, automated driving I did in America, or the mad, chaotic rush I see on Indian roads. Neither of these are enjoyable or even particularly safe
- stephenr 10y ago
  Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r..., India has 16.6 deaths per 100K inhabitants per year, which is close to what you stated. Keep in mind, you're just below the world average (17) at that value. So while Im sure Indian roads are as bad as their reputation, there are worse. I live in Thailand, on the same list (when sorted by deaths by 100K inhabitants), we're #2 (right behind Libya), with 36.2; the deaths per year for here was 24K, based on a population of just 65 million. My point is, I know what it's like to drive on dangerous roads, and I still dispute your claim that driving is either boring or dangerous. Even driving across the Eyre highway from Adelaide to Perth (~2700km), part of which is the '90 mile straight' - a section of road with 0 bends for 145km - is something I can look back and be glad I've done it. If you personally don't enjoy driving, or feel unsafe driving, you personally can take actions based on that, such as taking a bus or taxi, or car pooling etc. But don't somehow think that because your homeland has a reputation for bad roads, and America has apparently boring roads, that no one else on the planet enjoys driving.

puranjay 10y ago

I'm actually Indian. 160,000 of us died in road accidents last year. Driving has now become a choice between the dull, automated driving I did in America, or the mad, chaotic rush I see on Indian roads. Neither of these are enjoyable or even particularly safe

stephenr 10y ago
Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r..., India has 16.6 deaths per 100K inhabitants per year, which is close to what you stated. Keep in mind, you're just below the world average (17) at that value. So while Im sure Indian roads are as bad as their reputation, there are worse. I live in Thailand, on the same list (when sorted by deaths by 100K inhabitants), we're #2 (right behind Libya), with 36.2; the deaths per year for here was 24K, based on a population of just 65 million. My point is, I know what it's like to drive on dangerous roads, and I still dispute your claim that driving is either boring or dangerous. Even driving across the Eyre highway from Adelaide to Perth (~2700km), part of which is the '90 mile straight' - a section of road with 0 bends for 145km - is something I can look back and be glad I've done it. If you personally don't enjoy driving, or feel unsafe driving, you personally can take actions based on that, such as taking a bus or taxi, or car pooling etc. But don't somehow think that because your homeland has a reputation for bad roads, and America has apparently boring roads, that no one else on the planet enjoys driving.