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0 pointsClumsyPilot2y ago0 comments

> "we have 1000km of highway to do once a year on a charge, and we won't buy the car until it does"

This is the kind of fucking around that eventually leads to finding out. There is a reason Professional drivers aren't allowed to drive for more than 11 hours in a day, and have to take regular brakes.

Is this kind of highway fantasy or just US car culture?

In Europe I do not know a single person that has ever driven 1,000 km in one day. Let alone without stopping to refuel.

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rad_gruchalski2y ago

You not knowing anyone is not a good indicator of a phenomenon existing or not.

You don’t know any Eastern European who drives from the UK to their home country twice a year? London to Warsaw is 1000+ miles and can be done with the ferry in under 24 hours. Here, an estimate from Google maps: 18 hr 19 min (1.015,6 mi) via A2 and A2.

There are thousands of those people on European roads every year before Christmas and after NYE, and in holiday season. I did it myself a couple of times years ago.

> There is a reason Professional drivers aren't allowed to drive for more than 11 hours in a day

Yes, 7 to 40 tonnes of reasons and legal rest breaks required between work shifts. Professional drivers do a job, not just driving.

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