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I live in the western part of the US (Colorado) and 600 miles doesn't actually take that long to drive. I regularly drive to my parent's house - which is about
by chadgeidel 12y ago
I live in the western part of the US (Colorado) and 600 miles doesn't actually take that long to drive. I regularly drive to my parent's house - which is about 550 miles - in 8 hours. I'm essentially driving the speed limit the entire way with no slowdowns except for one or two gas/restroom breaks. I would imagine driving that distance in GB would involve a much lower average speed.
I have always assumed this is why distances in the US (reasonably far away from the coasts) are "not that far".
- maxerickson 12y ago8 hours in a car is an eternity. (I've regularly done a 5 hour drive for family visits and dislike that experience)
- TuringTest 12y agoJudging by your road movies, most of those 600 miles you'd be driving in a straight line. In the Old Continent, roads are traced around old crop fields and other properties, so you need to pay full attention to the road the whole time.
- rmc 12y agoUnless the roads are really really old. Those Romans sure knew how to build straight roads.
- ryusage 12y agoYeah, at least in my part of the US, that's very true. The roads do curve a bit of course, but they're straight enough that you drive 55 - 80 mph (88 - 130 kph) for almost the whole trip. And a lot of the time, there are at least two lanes to pick from -- common courtesy is that slower cars stay in the right lane so that faster drivers can pass them.
- chippy 12y ago8 hours. That's a whole working day.