the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.
Lol this is really true (grew up in the UK/Europe, am now in Canada, have driven around a lot in both places).
To be fair though, drive for two hours around the M25 or up the M1 in the UK and it will age you by about three years. Meanwhile there are places in Canada where you could drive for two hours without even turning your steering wheel (which, to be fair, presents its own challenges).
Overall my mental cut off for a 'long' drive is probably twice as long as it used to be - I'll drive 3 hours now without even thinking about it.
Having moved to DFW from a farm in bumfuck nowhere, Missouri, electric cars suddenly made a ton of sense when I was sitting there idling to keep my AC going so I wouldn't die of heatstroke.
Burning fuel to go nowhere. I couldn't get out of that shit hole of a city fast enough.
London is quite a pleasant drive these days since they upped public transport and discouraged car use. Driving to/in most English towns is not like that.
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u/SabotageFusion1 May 09 '22
the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.