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The American way of expressing distances by drive time - what does that include?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's going to take all day either way with or without stops. You'll have to eat either before, during or after the drive.

To me, anything more than 4 hours is a 1 day drive.

If someone said 10 hour drive, I'd assume that's the time on the road without stops. The context being not about distance anymore, but about for long you're going to sit in a car, to plan for breaks, hotels and splitting the drive.

Also flights. A two hour flight is from start to landing, even if the entire thing also includes two hours before checking in and half an hour to collect the luggage and finding a taxi out of there etc. The 2 hour is only for making the decision of when to eat and what to bring on board. Same thing with long drives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“To me, anything more than 4 hours is a 1 day drive.”

Wow, where do you live that 4hrs is such a big deal? To be fair, I used to work with a guy that had to pack a lunch and plan his trip days in advance just to “go into town” which was maybe a 45min (75km) trip each way on a 4 lane divided freeway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just don't like driving that much. If it's more than 4 hours, I'd rather split it two and sleep in between, so I can also do other stuff on both days.

[–] jiji 3 points 1 year ago

Same. I hate driving as well, I can’t imagine driving somewhere for 4 hours, doing something, then turning around and driving back another 4 hours the same day.