Americans will do anything to avoid just using trains.
Except that nearly all US rail is for freight. We hate PASSENGER trains. We freaking love freight rail.
But american freight trains are laughably bad too
Yes, but “we will avoid trains no matter what” is blatantly false. It’s terrible, but it is our main method of shipping freight from ports to inland cities.
Not much competition in railways. Like literally none.
Great… I can’t wait to be hit by one of those on my motorcycle
I’d actually bet they’re safer than some tweaked out dude on his 20th hour at the wheel.
I vaguely remember a dystopian book that described that exact thing as the protagonist thinking he was looking at an odd flag on the front of the truck until he realized what it was. Can’t remember what the book was though 😔
What an incredibly infuriating waste of effort that would be so much better spent on trains, driverless or otherwise.
I don’t know why you’re being down voted; here’s an upvote for being sensible.
I disagree. There are many situations where a truck is better suited for transport than a train. The US already has a pretty large freight train network. I agree that there definitely should be more investment in rail as well, but there’s no reason for both not to exist at the same time.
There are, but “long haul routes” are definitely better for a train.
Good. No more freedom convoy MAGA base.
