# Would you drive from London to New York? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948 "2015-03-25T16:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/61 "2015-03-26T21:26:16Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > My fantasy goal when my son is in high school or college is to take a months-long sabbatical and drive from the Washington DC area, where we live, to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the southernmost tip of South America. (A small portion of the trip is necessarily done by ferry, bypassing the Darién Gap area between Panama and Colombia). > > So at least conceptually, I’d be open to a similar ride through Europe and Canada. I’ve always wanted to drive from one end of US 1 to the other. I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/62 "2015-03-26T21:37:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ve always wanted to drive from one end of US 1 to the other. I have no idea why. I’ve done it several times in several different ways. It’s a lot of fun if you enjoy driving though I prefer the northern route (or even the southern one…the one that goes across the middle of the country can be a bit monotonous though, IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/63 "2015-03-26T22:10:17Z")
I like driving about the USA, very often avoiding interstates. There is a lot of lovely country in that country. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/64 "2015-03-27T05:59:36Z")
I glanced at this thread earlier. Then while surfing around I found [this](http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3IQqAy/HYT_aS2s:KCqT0j_A/www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11493681/Plans-for-superhighway-linking-Britain-and-America.html) site. Seems like it’s only a matter of time and the drive will an everyday affair. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/65 "2015-03-27T14:23:48Z")
… you know that link is reporting exactly the same thing as the OP’s link, right? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/66 "2015-03-27T16:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Seriously. I imagine it would be like driving across Pennsylvania, just ten times as long. [/QUOTE] I was thinking more like driving through Utah. Last time I went through there, I was fantasizing about jamming the steering wheel into a straight-ahead position, setting the cruise control and taking a nap. Just hours of featureless salt flats. After a while, you start staring at the odometer to try and confirm that you really are moving. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/67 "2015-03-27T16:19:52Z")
I got my one and only speeding ticket driving through Utah. I just didn’t see any reason not to drive as fast as my car could handle. The cop didn’t agree. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948/68 "2015-03-27T18:23:17Z")
I would totally want to do this trip, and on a motorcycle. If I could learn a bit of Russian first, I expect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-from-london-to-new-york/715948.md?page=3)