[MollyKuehl]

Why are these people keep using foreign nations, with different working societies and transportation system? Europe and Japan are in need of such trains because of too many cars and not enough roads (either to drive or park). Prime example is NYC, where owning a car is quite foolish unless you can afford paying an arm and a leg for assigned parking garage or you are eager to move the car once a week, from one side of the street to the other, to allow the sweepers through. And let's not add the ridiculous insurance rates. Same applies in Europe and Japan, where cars are more for luxury than a necessity.

I am eager to bet that this moron never set foot in Europe or Japan nor did she ever take the speed trains there to understand their usefulness in that environment only!

[cripplecreek]

I dated a Serbian woman who thought our car culture was foolish and wastefull till she came to America. Then she promptly learned to drive and bought an SUV.