I always wanted to travel around the United States in a car. I think it started with my reading On the Road when I was sixteen, just after taking my first five hour driving course, learning how to parallel park, making wide left turns, and driving as poorly as most beginners often do. It reached a point, however, after I had long passed my five hour driving class and had a good few hundred hours on the road, after I'd learned that it was better to be a cautious driver than an aggressive one, when I knew I was ready.
People drive differently all around the country according to how many cars there are, how many people or bikes they have to contend with, the extreme weather conditions, and the general cultural paradigm. In New York, where I first took my New York state driving test, cars are in a rush. Double parking and middle of the street u-turns, though illegal, are permitted by other drivers. Taking a left turn and holding up the entire lane while waiting for your right of way, however, is not - the blare of angry horns can be heard from miles away. In Portland, Oregon, it's just the opposite - if you honk your horn in general you'll receive dirty looks from environmentally friendly vegans and bike-riders.
And there are different kinds of cars, too. In certain cities it's all about what you drive that gives you status and clout as someone to know - L.A., Miami, and many others. Down south, it's less about the brand of car you own, and more about the kind, whether or not it's a truck or it has more than 250hp, basically.
But perhaps what I found most important after my travels across our great nation was that there is so much to drive, and that's why we place such importance on our car culture. In Europe, you can practically bike from country to country, but here, traversing state lines, especially out west, is a big deal. You can cross hundreds of miles only to see the landscape change, with just as few people around you as when you set out that morning. There's something about those great open spaces and vast expanses of time spent driving that make it seem like there's more to see, more adventure, more ruggedness, and yet that no matter where you go, it's been the way it is for as long as people can remember.
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