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by jtbayly 340 days ago
That’s technically true, I suppose, but dishonest since you imply that those numbers are large enough to max out driving time. You wouldn’t be able to drive to your first mandatory 30 minute break with that range.
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If youre doing 56mph, as you would be in the EU, then you can drive for 4.5hrs and cover 250miles before your first mandated break.

So it almost seems optimised for the mandated break timing.

On average truck journeys in europe are only 72 miles anyway so...

> On average truck journeys in europe are only 72 miles anyway so...

That’s astonishing. I’d be curious to see the median and mode distances compared between the U.S. and E.U.

Many journeys will be from the distribution center to the supermarket or similar, or even multiple supermarkets, which would really bring down the average.