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> For some reason they seem to make a big deal about distances that are a day trip in the US. The terrain in the UK is much, much more dense than in the US. I
by fao_ 8y ago
> For some reason they seem to make a big deal about distances that are a day trip in the US.
The terrain in the UK is much, much more dense than in the US. I live in Wales, UK. My train to the nearest city takes (almost exactly) an hour and 10 minutes to travel less than 24 miles distance because of the local geography, it takes the same via car and bus. To contrast, one of my ex-colleagues traveled daily to the same location from 72 miles away via the car, and it took them only 40 minutes because of the variation in geography.
EDIT: This isn't to mention the extremes in weather that both the position of the entire island, and the local geography creates. We kept away the Romans for a long time simply through our geography, and weather.
- delinka 8y agoDid you perhaps mean “72km away”? If you did mean miles, that’s some very fast driving.
- fao_ 8y agoAccording to Google the exact driving route is 72.6 miles, it is along several motorways.
- AaronFriel 8y agoThere are motorways where people (safely) drive 175km/hr in the UK?
- ggm 8y agoI used to hitch rides in the UK. The number of travelling salesmen who drive continuously at over 90 miles/hr freaked me out (lorry drivers didn't speed nearly as much. They have tachometers) So whilst this is the upper edge, from personal experience I can believe it.
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- implements 8y ago> They have tachometers ... Heavy Goods Vehicles are also legally required to be ECU speed limited to 90 kph (56 mph) as well - which is pretty soul-crushing if you ever have to drive one.
- barrkel 8y agoOn my motorbike, I'd comfortably do 95 to 100 mph on the motorway. But you're asking for trouble if you push it to 120, which is what you'd need at least to reliably average 114 mph. Most cars don't travel above 90mph. I'd say that's the 98th percentile speed, with 100mph somewhere near 99.5 percentile - ie one in 200 cars going faster. North Wales is a particularly poor choice of place to speed (notorious amongst bikers for harsh enforcement), but that's probably with a focus on rural roads.
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- 13of40 8y ago>The terrain in the UK is much, much more dense than in the US. Probably depends on whether you're comparing it to Wyoming or Cascadia.