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[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Here in the UK I could spend 13 hours on the M25 and would have only gone four junctions. The American mind cannot comprehend this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Maybe not most of America but LA has some famously grueling traffic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I, a German, am also struggling with travel times/distances in Britain.

Me: (looks at map) I should be there in 1h tops.

Hours pass…

Me: I’m only half way there? WTF!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

We have that in Texas too.

There are millions of cars in the Austin area, and at any given time all of them are on Mopac.