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> > Our transport network is both good and bad. For instance. If I want to travel from London to Birmingham, it's about 120 miles. I can drive it in 90 mins given a clear road. I can get public transport and get there in less than five hours if I'm lucky.
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> The only inter-city trip I took in the UK was from London(Paddington Station, I think.) to Cardif, Wales. I found out that the "125" on the side of the train meant "miles-per-hour!" That train was so fast, it built up a pressure wave that hurt your ears when you went into a tunnel!

That it does! Actually, they rarely get up to 125, but they still cruise at 110+ on a long run.
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> > On the other hand, I can try and get around London on the M25 (A notorious British Motorway that has given people nightmares!) in rush hour and takes three and a half hours to go 75 miles. Or I can get on the underground and cross in little more than an hour.
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> London is blessed with a great transportation system.

You wouldn't say that great if you knew the Northern Line underground. However I have to agree that it is a good way to get around
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> > But I will say, we have a different culture here. I have driven in the US and found that if I wanted to go city-to-city by car it would probably take a week.
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> It depends on what city to what city.
> I can drive to Atlanta or Nashville in three hours. Myrtle Beach takes about seven. New Orleans takes all day and Lincoln, Nebraska or Key West, Florida take almost two days. I think I could make it to Los Angeles in four or Boston in two, but I usually fly and rent a car on those longer trips. West of the Mississippi River the traffic is not so bad and you can really cover the miles in a day's time.

I have found that you are more relaxed on the roads. We can get everywhere in one day so the average motorway speed tends to be 90+. I drove through the Mojave desert at 55 for four hours. I rarely got passed and the scenery didn't change apart from the occasional truckstop! It does make for safer roads in the US though.

Be 'hungry then if you won't eat your p' asty