If you appear to be “alternative” in any way, do not drive through Texas.
I have driven through Texas three times, and I have gotten pulled over and searched every time. The cops would love to have any excuse to seize your car and cash, they hate you.
If you absolutely must drive through Texas, at least remove your Darwin fish and any political stickers, get a hair cut, remove your face piercings, and wear a cowboy hat or baseball cap or something.
I’m not exaggerating and this is not a joke.
I have lived there for 3 years before and can confidently say u have had exceptionally bad luck, or have a BOLO out on ur car.
That’s my ganja smuggling route
I’ve been driving for years and I’m still in Spain.
Skill issue
At some point you need to actually leave the roundabout.
Yeah, the police were very emphatic about that.
Great. Now do New England
Driving through Nebraska is literally hell.
Yes it is.
ITT: bunch of amateursLaughs in 1 full day on the road and still in Bahia leaving from the Salvador(Capital) to Itabatã (In the south of the state)
By the way same distance from Germany
Never mind, I just check from north to south of Bahia and it almost doubles the distance (0_o)
Oh yeah? Well where I live I can drive for a solid 24 hours and never leave my county.
Because I live on O’ahu and I’d be driving in circles (or sitting in rush hour traffic coming from Westside into town, yeah)
It takes 2 hours to drive a circle around Guam.
Bavaria, Hessen, Niedersachsen and Hamburg
And then the Aussies show up.
See? Pocket sized.
I think 4 people live in that part of Australia outlined by Texas.
Four! Calm down, maybe two at the most.
It’s not America’s fault that Australia has no frickin idea how to properly size its states
Nah, these are the right sizes. The middle of the country is mostly unpopulated desert (and then Alice Springs). If you mark deserts off as their own states, the snakes and dingos refuse to pay for road maintenance and that’s how you get Mad Max.
Getting in your car and being bitten by a spider that puts you in a coma for 3 years doesn’t count as driving.
Mate, you have moose and bears and shit. Don’t squawk about spiders.
8hrs on the road and you haven’t left your driveway
Are talking countries or states?
In Europe, 200km is a long distance
In the US, 200 years is a long time
Takes 2 days to drive from Thunder Bay to Toronto. Still in Ontario.
I did it once in 15 hours. I only nearly died 3 times.
Were you speeding all the time?
Google maps says that journey would currently take 14:45, presumably at a legal speed, and while that’s long enough to split over two days, you probably can do it in one go. It’s not speeding that’ll get you, but tiredness.
I was in my mid twenties and had a supply of caffeine. Was well rested before starting. What nearly got me each of those 3 times was moose, once during sunset/twilight and twice in the night. Especially at night there is not enough time to react to moose that run out onto the road; I’ll be the first to admit I got very lucky on my run.
On my return I scheduled my trip such that I could do all my driving in daylight hours and stopped at a (iirc) provincial park for the night and slept in my car. The following morning just an hour or so after sunrise I saw the result of an Escalade hitting a moose, and it reinforced just how lucky I was on my trip south.
Further to the timing, I was occasionally speeding a bit, (during daylight) but for the most part stuck to my vehicle’s optimal fuel efficiency speed of 87km/h. I stopped once for petrol (and coffee) in Sault Ste Marie.
Wouldn’t they have to be?
Only if they were a stupid fucking asshole
Another four hours to Cornwall and you are still in Ontario.
Add Dryden as the start point. :)
Amatures.
Surely you can do better than that. NZ almost has you beat.
You’re comparing a state to an entire country. Perth in western Australia to Cairns in Queensland is 49 hours of driving.
It’s also nowhere near as beautiful as the drive from Cape Reinga to Bluff
At least you have a road that reaches diagonally across WA. If Alaska did it would take a lot longer than that
It’s a really long drive from Utqiagvik to Ketchikan or even Proudhoe Bay to Juneau because you have to wait for climate change to make building the roads feasible
Many of the roads across the interior are probably gravel. At least they were when I last journeyed there. The ones along the West Australian coast are paved though. They form what’s called Highway 1 (or at least it used to be).
That’s a beautiful resort name
The name? Sure. The hotel itself? Not so much.
I suspect they might have meant the other end
the other end looks a bit better, but is kinda boring
Windsor to Sioux Lookout is similar if you stay in Ontario.
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i constantly hear stories of Europeans who won’t visit family because the drive is too long. i ask how long and they’re like “20-30 minutes” lmao. it has taken me that long to get to the store in some places I have lived in the US lol
Like, I’ve driven 7 hours to kick it with the homie for the weekend.
And I hate that for me, why the fuck don’t we have a nationwide high-speed rail?
On a recent work trip to Atlanta we had an over an hour long Uber ride to go 8 miles…in the suburbs!
Rural south. I drive 27 minutes to get groceries.
Europeans were so insistant on getting freedom of movement in the EU just to not fucking use it.
Good for them dismantling an injustice on principle.
That’s true freedom
We just take the train
Does that say something about European travel, or European families?
probably
On the other hand, they would need to learn 5 languages in case they need to ask for directions on that travel.
That’s because you also have an American car.
Badum tss…
And I would rather be in Germany than any of those states.
Idk I’d rather be in Chicago than certain parts of Germany. Like Berlin or Munich of course are better than anywhere in the US, but small town east Germany? Yeah, I’ll take the good pizza (Chicago bar style) and freshwater sea even if it comes with the drunkest drivers you ever did see
And eat a good Chicago Dog, on your way back though WI you can get some Spotted Cow and hit up the meat raffle and maybe win some meat and a gun
I’d rather eat Detroit pizza than anything served in Germany.
I’d rather have affordable healthcare
Clearly never had good schnitzel.
You’ve never had pork knuckle
Or Maultaschen, or Käsespätzle, or Senfbraten…
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I’m not your friend, guy!
I’m not your guy, dude!
I’m not your dude, pal!
I’m not your pal, bro!
Fuck yeah lad.
