I-5 is a notoriously congested interstate in California. I don't live in California anymore, but used it simply because there are a disproportionate number of C

I-5 is a notoriously congested interstate in California. I don't live in California anymore, but used it simply because there are a disproportionate number of Californians on HN. I don't disagree about "pricing journeys accordingly," but there are many reasons why this is difficult in practice in the US. Going through those points is a bit of a digression from my main point. Namely, that there are pragmatic tradeoffs that have to be considered. I'm consistently taken aback by the amount of "simple" solutions people advocate on HN and sometimes I wonder if it's due to software developers constantly working with the abstract rather than the concrete.