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Re:Japan's Brand New Bullet Train Is Earthquake-Proof by shiftpgdn on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:57PM (#24025021)
Phoenix to Chicago is about 1700 miles. At 70mph moving average it's a 25 hour drive. Trucking regulations allow a 14 hour drive, ten hours rest followed by I believe a 12 hour drive. It might be strenous but it's not dangerous.

Also keep in mind 1700 miles at the IRS standard deduction of 55 cents a mile is $935. Assuming your car seats four (and all four seats are in use) that breaks down to just under $200/person.

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Re:Japan's Brand New Bullet Train Is Earthquake-Proof by mschuster91 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:20AM (#24028860)
> Trucking regulations allow a 14 hour drive

Whoa, WTF? In Europe, it's 8 hours regularly with 2x a week allowance of 10 hours (to be used e.g. in case of massive traffic jams), followed by at least 11 hours.

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