Comment on laughs in 12 hours, while still driving through texas

cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  map of italy showing 12h trip from Aosta to Lecce

  Ok, and?

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  • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well:

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    • canihasaccount@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      But: Image

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      • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Yeah but we’ve still got a quarter of Sweden to go from the route I mapped bro. This isn’t even my final form!!

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    • StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      22 Tim’s is a lot, you are right!

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      • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s just 15 Tims via car

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    • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well we’re talking about real countries here, not empty wilderness!

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      • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        You mean like Dubuque, pop. 60k?

        The path I drew for Sweden takes you via about 7 million people, with 100k+ littered cities along the way. If I were to guess the route likely has a similar population density along it as the Germany route, while being longer.

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  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This makes Italy smaller than I thought it was tbh

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    • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s not the size that matters, it’s how you use it!

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  • heartSagan5@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    what’s the “highway speed” in Italy? Is it 90kph?

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    • Damage@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      nope, it’s 130kmh

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  California is pretty similar if you’re going north to South… if you avoid commute hours. Then you’re looking at. 16 hour drive.

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• THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think you can also drive in California in a straight line for 16 hours. I mapped it once during a slow work day lol

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, I5 will take you from Mexico to Canada. And that drive across CA is long as shit when you’re going north to South.

    And CA has some world-famous high-traffic spots around places like LA, which makes it even worse during commute hours.

    San Diego to Oregon is, IMHO, better done as a 2 day drive. And both of those days are still going to suck.

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    • SuperApples@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah,we did Vancouver BC to Tijuana and I think about half the drive time was going into and out of LA.

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    • heartSagan5@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you’re on the road, it’s wise to hit peak outside of urban centers.

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      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s kind of hard to avoid getting screwed around places like LA, the Bay Area, or Sacramento. You kind of have to go through them, and unfortunately, most of the side road shortcuts are no longer secrets. GPS has been offering up those shortcuts to drivers for a while now, and even the workarounds are slow.

        Your best weapon is to avoid those areas during commute hours and to plan ahead.

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• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s the joke. Americans say Europeans can travel 8 hours and touch x number of states but in America you don’t leave any.

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  • heartSagan5@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hop a train, and you’re in another country quick though.

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