> Also, as a passenger it's fairly easy to say "turn in five blocks" and track how many blocks are left Which is of course region specific. Using it in the UK

> Also, as a passenger it's fairly easy to say "turn in five blocks" and track how many blocks are left Which is of course region specific. Using it in the UK would be confusing as (often) the roads just aren't laid out like that, and "in X blocks" is almost never used.