He may be right about the EU failing, but he obviously hasn’t been in an American Truckstop in 40 years.
The majority are clean, and the food is good. Yes they sell large sodas but they also sell almost everything else.
The German Autobahn may be fun, but the American Transportation system is second to none.
If you drove out of New York City and headed west you'd get to Denver, Colorado in a bit under 1800 miles. The same distance would take you from London to Moscow -- through France, Belgium, German, Poland, and Belarus.
On the NYC-to-Denver trip, you'd be less than 2/3rds of the way to San Francisco. The distance from NYC to San Francisco -- all of it in one country -- would take you from London to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Agree. Been to Europe, the truck stops, and have been to many truck stops here in the U.S.A.
I agree.
I would put the Iowa 80 up against the best Europe has to offer.
Also many of the Petro’s, some of the TA’s, and many of the mom and pop’s.
The Williams truck stops were good prior to being bought by Pilot. Pilot closed the restaurants and put in fast food, but their coffee is excellent.
Best burgers I ever ate were at a mom and pop on, I think, 59 somewhere southwest of Texarkana.
Second best were at another mom and pop in Oregon.
Though i’ve never been there, I understand the autobahn has speed limits now.
The U.S. Interstate is the greatest mass transportation system ever created by man.
I've driven on the German Autobahn. Our highways are absolutely deplorable compared to the Autobahn.
I didn't worry a bit about the condition of the road when the Mazda 6 Turbo Diesel I had rented in Germany was pushing @ 190kmh as I drove to the Netherlands. No potholes, no unexpected bumps or buckling in the road, none of that on the Autobahn.
In fact, the road was so good I pushed that Mazda Six Turbo Diesel all the way up to 220kmn on the way back. Amazing vehicle. A diesel that accelerated, sounded like, and ran like a gas powered engine, able to hit 220kmh (@140mph) and do that all day long.
I wouldn't dare try doing that on the American highway system with how crappy our roads are constructed and maintained.
Yeah, what’s wrong with our truckstops? They’re generally always clean although very busy and a vast variety of food that is not grey and nice touristy shops to buy postcards and knickknacks. Also, not a very original point of view if the main point is that the Italians are not like the Germans. And I’ve never seen Italians rush a truckstop. And I’ve been to Italian truckstops.