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My kneejerk reaction would be the higher rural/urban ratio, but I don't think that's right, becaues Russia has even more rural space. It's probably more due to
by frenchy 5y ago
My kneejerk reaction would be the higher rural/urban ratio, but I don't think that's right, becaues Russia has even more rural space.
It's probably more due to the fact that many of the roads in the USA were built a lot more recently, and were built to make it convenient to use larger tractor-trailers (and not so much for other road users). In Europe, truck operators had to fit into the existing road system.
- irrational 5y agoAmerica has large cities scattered across the entire country. When I look at a map of the cities in Russia, the majority are in the far west and south with huge amounts of the country without any large cities.
- etempleton 5y agoThe US Interstate system is extensive, well maintained, and fast. 60-80 mph will be the average speed for a truck on these roads. If you are a long haul trucker you spend 95 percent of your time on these roads. You want high speed stability that a longer wheel base provides and don’t care too much about tight menuevering, because you probably don’t have too much tight area navigating to do. You will drop at a large warehouse on the outskirts of a city that was built for trucks like the one you are driving and be back on the road to the next warehouse.