How Different Cultures Understand Time

Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by chadgeidel on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @10:42AM (#7840461)

I live in the western part of the US (Colorado) and 600 miles doesn't actually take that long to drive. I regularly drive to my parent's house - which is about 550 miles - in 8 hours. I'm essentially driving the speed limit the entire way with no slowdowns except for one or two gas/restroom breaks. I would imagine driving that distance in GB would involve a much lower average speed.

I have always assumed this is why distances in the US (reasonably far away from the coasts) are "not that far".

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Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by TuringTest on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @01:57PM (#7841735)

Judging by your road movies, most of those 600 miles you'd be driving in a straight line. In the Old Continent, roads are traced around old crop fields and other properties, so you need to pay full attention to the road the whole time.

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Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by ryusage on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:35AM (#7845751)

Yeah, at least in my part of the US, that's very true. The roads do curve a bit of course, but they're straight enough that you drive 55 - 80 mph (88 - 130 kph) for almost the whole trip. And a lot of the time, there are at least two lanes to pick from -- common courtesy is that slower cars stay in the right lane so that faster drivers can pass them.

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Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by rmc on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:53PM (#7842355)

Unless the roads are really really old. Those Romans sure knew how to build straight roads.

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Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by maxerickson on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @10:56AM (#7840554)

8 hours in a car is an eternity.

(I've regularly done a 5 hour drive for family visits and dislike that experience)

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Re:How Different Cultures Understand Time by chippy on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:11AM (#7845613)

8 hours.

That's a whole working day.

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