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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Two totally different situations/circumstances, Europe and the US. I don't wanna hear how not-bad they feel for us. (No offense to any Brits we've got on the boards)

They've got mass-transit. We don't. We could fit all of Europe and then some in our country...it won't work visa versa. I said it before, we need to adapt to OUR needs, not Europes. And drawing comparisons between the two regions isn't fair, or accurate in the least.

Sure, that lady doesn't need to drive her tanker; and I agree...but this gas thing is hurting the whole country, not just her. Think...truckers, which means food and other items which means EVERYTHING gets more expensive, as our pay rates don't go up to compensate. I don't wanna hear it from them.

.....and don't even get me started on the Prius comment...

(getting on the soapbox )

I agree with you...hell I would'nt drive at all if I didnt have to....I cant afford to live where I work at so I have to commute 100 miles a day! the nearest grocery store is 20 miles round trip. there isnt much of an alternative. when I was stationed in southeast GA there werent even sidewalks If you didnt have a car you would end up grocery shoping at the gas station because the nearest food store was an unwalkable distance. the nearest town has 1 traffic light! the closest thing there to mass traffic was school busses.

Simply put if there were a mass transit system in the good ol' U.S. trust me it would be put to use. Growing up in chicago we didnt need a car because every thing you needed to live comfortably was within walking distance. If you needed to go some where far there was a bus/train that would get you there

It takes approximately eight hours to drive from Dover (South, on the Channel) to Carlisle (North, near the border of Scotland) on a good day and if the motorways are clear (which does not happen often because they are very clogged up).
From East to West it varies a great deal because it is wide in places and narrow in others, and there is no direct motorway linking both ends at its widest width. so with an efficent mass transit system realistically you wouldent even need a car there either.

Like Gtahvit said If america didnt want to pay some stupid tax and voiced ourselves collectively its not gonna happen...and if it does then poeple will be losing they're job getting replaced by someone who's views are the same as the majority of the citizens. Proof of this is the fact that a 19 year old college student got elected mayor somewhere in Oklahoma. Thats why this is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

in the United Kingdom Im gonna go out on a limb and say you pay what your told, the old "taxation without representation". So its your own fault if what the majority of your citizens want dosent get represented by the people in charge!

(just got off the soapbox)