[mothballed]

It blew my mind the first time I rented a 35' long 26,000 GVWR diesel truck and drove it right onto the interstate. What you can accomplish on a simple US driving license is something special you can't get almost anywhere else in the world unless you count places where bribes work.

The EU cuts you off at like 8,000 lbs.

[TulliusCicero]

And you can literally fall asleep at the wheel and get away with a $300 fine: https://komonews.com/news/local/sleeping-tesla-driver-speedi...

[KetoManx64]

Gotta love regulation stifling the living daylights our of your society.

[mschuster91]

Or: Gotta love regulation keeping our societies alive.

The US averages 14.9/100k traffic fatalities, Europe 6.7 [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

[Scoundreller]

Canada beats the euro average at 4.7 but similarly allows regular Joe’s to drive a moving truck and trailer a car behind it with a general license.

+ Canada’s rates are better on a per km basis (even beating the Dutch).

Annual/biannual safety inspections are only required in 3 of 10 provinces and those 3 are on the smaller side (PEI, NS and NB).

Motor vehicle infraction enforcement is… an afterthought for Canadian police (they don’t think/care that their salary/town depends on it). But admittedly, even lighter than I’ve experienced in Europe.

It’s gotta be some other factor behind excess US road fatalities.

[to11mtm]

I think the majority of Canada's GWVR limits can be a factor; i.e. outside of Ontario it's less than half what the US limit is for a standard license.

I think also the lower number of lanes on routes like the 401 help, usually[0].

Even though it's been a while, every drive in Canada just felt more leisurely. Speed limits in general are lower, there's more stop signs where they should be.

[0] - Except when a whiskey truck tips over and it's now a 2 hour delay to the next exit...

[tinyplanets]

American drivers are also entitled assholes (I say as an American driver). How DARE you tell me I can't do what I want, when I want, or change my behavior in the slightest to benefit my society/local community?

[to11mtm]

God forbid a commuter wants to do the speed limit in the righthand lane without being tailgated!

[Scoundreller]

> the righthand lane

sadly, that's very often the passing lane

[scottyah]

Nothing better than being alive! We should ban all forms of transportation that aren't walking, which will be heavily permitted.