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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:21AM (#20401242)
In most of the US if you lose your ability to drive you lose your ability to be a functional member of society and outside a few cities with good public transit even the poor drive. Europe has good public transit and their regulations increase the cost of driving to the point where mostly only the middle and upper classes do it. Losing your license in Europe is not as big a deal as losing it in the US.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by desas on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:41AM (#20401380)
You can't generalise Europe like that. Most people from a working household in the UK (outside of London drive). From supermarket workers to executives. Approximately every rural part of the UK has public transport but it's unsurprising if it is infrequent and doesn't get you to a population centre in time to work.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by briandear on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:39AM (#20402392)
And in France outside of Paris most people drive. It would be impossible to live in the countryside without a car. Even within larger towns, the big supermarkets are outside of the city center.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @09:13AM (#20401612)
Of course there's exceptions. That's kind of inherent to all generalizations. I can and did generalize most of Europe like that. The fact of the matter is that a smaller percent of the population drives there for a variety of reasons so losing one's license is less crippling on average.
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