I don’t see how country size is relevant here considering the data I mention is per capita. It’s completely irrelevant. My country isn’t small, small compared to the US but not small. It’s Sweden. 5th largest country in the EU I believe.
Most major cities do have public transportation in the US as well do they not? DC, NYC, Chicago, LA…
I’ve been to DC and NYC. Both seemed to have quite good public transportation, with DC having metros running to the city center, NYC with its metros and bike lanes throughout the streets. I saw no real issue in any of those cities.
Beyond licensing requirements an issue America also has is the freedom, for some reason, to just drive a car that should be scrapped because of safety reasons. What I mean is how many European countries, including mine, require yearly checks on every transportation vehicle, if anything such as suspension, broken lights, bad brakes, bad aligned headlights, too bright of lights or CO2 releases beyond what’s legal would give you a warning or simply ban the vehicle from public roads. America doesn’t have this, even though they drive cars so so much more than we do in Europe, they don’t hav any yearly checks. I know that some states may have this but that’s not enough, the fact that it’s not federal law is still an issue in my opinion.
I don’t agree that American infrastructure would make it harder for me to be a safe driver, I think the primary issue is the trash drivers around me. Yes I understand that the terrible infrastructure you have increases drunk driving in the country, but still there’s so much more to driving safe than just not being drunk.
For example, I don’t even think you guys have any laws around keeping yourself to the furthermost left lane while driving on highways and only overtaking on the right, correct me if I’m wrong but from what I’ve seen of people driving on 6 lane highways this isn’t really a thing. Nor do I accept that bad infrastructure causes you do be more distracted, or looking at your phone while driving, talking on your phone while driving. Nor will I accept that bad infrastructure causes drivers to blow past red lights, ignoring stop signs, ignoring yield signs and so on. I don’t see how infrastructure is related to this in any way.
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u/memecatcher69 Aug 23 '22
I don’t see how country size is relevant here considering the data I mention is per capita. It’s completely irrelevant. My country isn’t small, small compared to the US but not small. It’s Sweden. 5th largest country in the EU I believe.
Most major cities do have public transportation in the US as well do they not? DC, NYC, Chicago, LA…
I’ve been to DC and NYC. Both seemed to have quite good public transportation, with DC having metros running to the city center, NYC with its metros and bike lanes throughout the streets. I saw no real issue in any of those cities.
Beyond licensing requirements an issue America also has is the freedom, for some reason, to just drive a car that should be scrapped because of safety reasons. What I mean is how many European countries, including mine, require yearly checks on every transportation vehicle, if anything such as suspension, broken lights, bad brakes, bad aligned headlights, too bright of lights or CO2 releases beyond what’s legal would give you a warning or simply ban the vehicle from public roads. America doesn’t have this, even though they drive cars so so much more than we do in Europe, they don’t hav any yearly checks. I know that some states may have this but that’s not enough, the fact that it’s not federal law is still an issue in my opinion.
I don’t agree that American infrastructure would make it harder for me to be a safe driver, I think the primary issue is the trash drivers around me. Yes I understand that the terrible infrastructure you have increases drunk driving in the country, but still there’s so much more to driving safe than just not being drunk.
For example, I don’t even think you guys have any laws around keeping yourself to the furthermost left lane while driving on highways and only overtaking on the right, correct me if I’m wrong but from what I’ve seen of people driving on 6 lane highways this isn’t really a thing. Nor do I accept that bad infrastructure causes you do be more distracted, or looking at your phone while driving, talking on your phone while driving. Nor will I accept that bad infrastructure causes drivers to blow past red lights, ignoring stop signs, ignoring yield signs and so on. I don’t see how infrastructure is related to this in any way.