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7:14 That really isn't a excuse... Europe is bigger then the US, even if it's smaller then North America. And we have low population density areas here too. There's still nowhere here that's even close to as bad as the US... My own country Norway in actual length is about as long as the Mexican border. But driving the length of Norway from the southern tip to the Russian border without crossing into Sweden or Finland actually takes about as long to drive as crossing the US or Australia from east to west. Yet even our remote towns have decent public transportation and are walkable. I've recently moved to a village with a population of 1 200 people, on a freaking island of the coast of the country, and I don't have a drivers license and I can get by here just fine... Rural USA is poorly designed and organized too. And Norway is bad at this kind of stuff by European standards.
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0:52 They have left, but this video predates all of that. We also have a couple of countries quite far along the way towards joining.
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@arthur_p_dent Ireland kind of makes sense... They probably have a lot of American tourists, and expecting European drivers to adapt to local rules and signs is more likely to go well then expecting these Americans to...
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 @jarls5890 That's quite a joke... I don't think people want that kind of cards in my country. Outwards show of wealth is kind of looked down upon.
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I'm glad to hear that. :-) And I hope you'll travel further north in Scandinavia some day. With regards from Norway. ;-)
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@matsv201 25% of Norway (in terms of land mass) seems a bit... Optimistic... 25% of the population however? I can believe that...
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@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783 As does Norway despite not being a member. And from what I remember Icelandic signs are pretty close to the same too.
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Also, sometimes people have poor hearing...
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@davepb5798 Sweden and Finland is still a part of not just Europe but the EU. nd they have higher limits. In Sweden they got a limit of 74 tons from what I understand without needing a exemption... Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine and so one is also part of Europe by the way... Even Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are partially within Europe depending on what definition of Europe you're using.
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12:50 Remember that with less parking lots, roads and gardens, and with smaller houses everything ends up being closer together allowing for significantly shorter traveling distances to and from work and services.
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@leifgunnartoth8070 It usually is, yes, but that's because of the exchange rate being artificially kept high due to oil companies being paid in dollars but paying their taxes and wages in NOK, causing a huge demand for the NOK. All the inflation recently has actually made Norway cheaper then surrounding countries though and while Norwegians usually shop in Sweden to save money they're actually coming to Norway to shop now. Our government is spending huge sums to support Ukraine, and due to good long term deals for things like food our stores have been able to buy those without being too exposed to high prices. Honestly, right now is probably among the best times possible to come and visit us, as for once it's relatively cheap.
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@lindaeasley5606 You're mixing up the EU and Europe... Look up countries like Armenia and Georgia. The border between Asia and Europe goes straight through those countries. Also look up the Ural mountains. Europe is much bigger then you think.
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Yeah, our steepest streets here in Norway are often closed in winter for safetys sake. Or if they're open they're at least closed on one side, so you can't drive all the way up or down through them.
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@andreanastacio9548 The EEC basically is a agreement that members of the EEC can trade in the same market and they have a desk with the EU that we'll be treated as inside the EU as far as trade is concerned. However we have to follow EU laws for the most part, we get a veto right to new laws passed by the EU, but politicians here have obviously been somewhat reluctant to test that right given the power difference involved. We also have exceptions to specific EU laws regarding fishing (the EU used to have some truly awful fishing laws allowing fish caught to be thrown over board and not be counted against the quotas saying how much fish you're allowed to fish, leading to overfishing. That has been changed now however, so that particular regulation isn't as big of a concern as it used to be, but it's still worrying that landlubbers are trying to make decisions about fishing in our waters that may cause the fish there to go extinct locally... Being outside the EU we're allowed to negotiate that desperately with the EU, we're forced to let them fish in our waters, and in return we're allowed to sell our fish to them. There's also a number of other areas that's relevant. The EU actually have stricter laws on fish farming then us, so that also plays a role. And so one and so forth. And yeah, er have to help pay into the EU budget as if we where a EU member, but benefi at from a lot of those programs... So yeah... Complicated.
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Please do, also, it would be nice if you make them take some classes with a driving instructor. In large parts of the US people mainly learn from their parents, including their bad habits. So up to date teaching without those bad habits is a good thing.
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1:36 Doesn't look like a storm, just snow, no? 5:10 His issue isn't the model but his tires. Here in Norway we have at least two sets of tires, often three. Summer, winter and studded. This condition would be a winter tire condition, softer rubber, and deep groves designed for grip in the snow, perhaps even suction cups too.
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@Arvipa. I don't own a car personally, preferring to save money by being a pedestrian and using public transportation, but... They're doing just fine in the cold. Cold batteries isn't any worse then warm ones, they just take longer to release their power, so you either have to manage with less acceleration or wait till they heat up (something they'll honestly do naturally from driving, although most modern electric cars also have temperature regulation for the batteries, those use power, but it's not a huge problem, just make sure that you have a heating pump to heat the car so you won't feel cold)
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@truckertorpedo Honestly we should make a deal with the EU about banning non nordic drivers licenses, at least in winter if they're not accompanied by a winter/nordic drivers license on top, and to ban companies doing union busting from our roads (doesn't have to be a nordic union or Nordic wages, but having a union reduces the risk of dangerous crap like sending drivers off on 18 hour shifts or we without proper chains etc...) Just make it a requirement for driving once you enter Norway, Sweden, Finland or Iceland. As that's all places where Europeans have to get through either by boat, a single bridge over from Denmark, a external EU/EEA border with Russia or by plane it should be easy enough to enforce unlike other countries with longer land borders. In summer they should be allowed to drive freely though.
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@matsv201 nods Both countries have the bulk of their population in the south. But yeah, it's about as far from Oslo to the northern tip of Norway as it is from Oslo to Rome... And that's as the crow flies. If you actually look at travel time in a car with the terrain and low speed limits it's far longer in Norway with travel time from the southernmost point in Norway to the Russian border (if you exclude routes crossing through Sweden or Finnland) you'd take almost as long driving through Norway from south and northwards as through Australia or the US from east to west despite Norways actual lenght being far shorter.
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Sounds scary. Before seeing this video I didn't know that we got any here in Europe, but apparently we even get them here in Norway (F0 to F1s, with extremely rare F2s) There no vulcanoes on the mainland here in Norway, nor earthquakes. But avalanches and rock slides are common and terrifying. Forest fires and floods are the other two main issues we have, as well as quick clay slides in certain regions. Oh, and rock slides can trigger tsunamis in the fjords and lakes sometimes. If you pick your home location carefully you can be safe from all of these issues though.
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@clemensnetherlands7331 Yeah, and Germany might not be that bad in terms of deaths, but Germany still has about twice the number of deaths pr capita of Norway where we do have strict and low speed limits.
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@retsaM innavoiG True, but at least according to the Google driving time estimates and driving distance estimates Australia and the US is barely any longer from coast to coast then Norway. Yes, you do beat us, but not by much. Basically Norway essentially stretches along the length of a mountain chain. So you either have to drive in and out of the fjords (think deep mountain valleys extending far into the sea, creating the fjords.
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@antoinemozart243 The only area under European control where that was ever true was Greenland back in the day. Greenland is not part of Europe, but is a part of the Danish Kingdom. The rest of the Danish Kingdom is in Europe. Although only Denmark itself is a part of the EU, unlike the rest of the kingdom, (the Faeroe islands is European but not in the EU). These days people even in Greenland have decent houses, and even a cinema in the capital of Nuuk. But yes, I admit, Greenland does not have good public transportation... But even there a car just isn't how you get anywhere. You'll fly in to one of the airports. Then you'll take a boat during the summer or a helicopter during the rest of the year to get to most settlements.
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@lindaeasley5606 I get that the comparison can seem a bit strange due to the population distribution, with most of the population in Europe living in certain areas. But the US has a similar phenomenon. Most Americans live east of the Mississippi. And only 10% of the ones in the west live in rural areas if I understood that right. Europe is similar. Most of us live on the continent, in areas like the border area between the low countries and France on one side and Germany on the other. That area is really densely populated. But we also have rural areas like the US does. And like in the US they have worse services. Yet for settlements of a given size and/or remoteness I can't think of a single example of a place in a European country being worse connected then a equivalent US one...
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@lindaeasley5606 The thing about Europe isn't that it's better in everything, it really isn't. It's that we've tried more things then you. The US states all model themselves on the federal level, and your culture while it might seem radially different from place to place in the US is relatively uniform by European standards. With some Europeans being as different from each other as Americans and the Chinese are. That means that we have had more chances at making mistakes then you have, and (usually) learning from them. We're aware of not being better then everyone else. There's things that we can learn from the Americas, Asia, Oceania, and even to some degree from Africa. A big part of our criticism is that big countries like the US, China, India and to some degree Russia tends to be blind to the world outside their own borders and the ways the world*within* those borders is flawed. The US is not the best place in the world to live, by objective measures the country hasn't been for a few decades at least. Part of the reason for that is a unwillingness to learn from others. Europeans and Americans can both come across as arrogant to others. For different reasons. But yeah, I suggest looking into the things that the rest of the world genuinely is doing better then the US. Because the US does have the resources to become the best country in the world to live in. And may indeed have that capability. We've used up a lot of our resources a long time ago and have challenges that we face.
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@lindaeasley5606 Because your city planning choices is a part of the cause of the recent draught here in Europe. We all share this planet, and your choices have consequences for the rest of us too. And the difference isn't just walking distance but walkability. It does vary from state to state and it's not that bad in some of the older settlements, especially on the east coast. But in the US it's often illegal with things like stores mixed in with homes. Small thin streets that's safer for pedestrians. Building without parking spaces or with less parking spaces, meaning that pedestrians have to cross said parking spaces. The US uses more land on parking spaces then housing. To make your residential areas safer from drivers you make cul-de-sacs increasing driving times for everyone else increasing traffic, especially because you often can't walk safety to places that's even relatively close by. The pedestrian area of the road isn't treated well, often ends abruptly, has excessive number of road crossings with high speed cars etc... The lower density of passengers makes public transportation less viable economically. And us public transportation is often designed to take people from the suburbs to the city center. Since the suburbs don't have as many jobs space is wasted as each seat is unlikely to be used more than once pr trip unlike our busses. And suburb to suburb journeys (the majority made by Americans) is made complicated by the lack of connecting routes. And so one and so forth. And because cars are so vital to Americans the politicians ends up with a uphill battle when trying to make the roads safer with more driving class requirements or car safety steps making American drivers far more dangerous then European ones. I have a ex that's American. Your laws might cause her to die in a traffic accident, devastating me. Your laws about health care means that she may not afford health care, food and housing despite having two jobs, meaning that she has to choose, and that healthcare probably has to go. Your laws means that minorities are unfairly targeted by the police, and because you allow so many people to have guns and have far lower educational requirements for police officers, often favoring former soldiers you end up with jumpy officers that may kill her for being black simply because they're nervous, and possibly have PTSD... And low income housing is discouraged by your laws, it's even illegal for the US government to build more then a certain number of condos... So she has to spend way too much on both housing and a car, keeping her fairly poor still through no fault of hers. And she has to waste away precious moments in traffic. And because of your excessive and avoidable CO2 release we don't have snow staying here at the coast where I live. I get that lowering emissions is difficult, but there's so many low hanging fruits in the US, while we've made use of most of them... Your first past the post electoral system discourages anything but the two biggest political parties increasing conflict levels in the US. Removing the nuances that usually would fix a lot of these issues...
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 @trulybtd5396 Isn't that nynorsk territory?
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2:56 Montenegro is in the Balkans. It's a region that has had a lot of war over the years. The first world war was caused by the region and there was warfare there as late as the nineties. Some countries in the region still have serious landmine issues. Montenegro has a lot of mountains though, so I expect them to have less issues with mines then most countries in the region since they could use the terrain instead... You really should go there on vacation some day. It's a good vacation destination. But I don't think it'll be a desirable place to move to for people outside the region for a few more generations... Also, use some common sense there. While not dangerous there is more crime in the Balkan region then in northern or western Europe still. Something that I expect will improve as the economy does.
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 @MichaelEricMenk Yeah, it was lobbied for in order to get an edge over foreign car brands... And the rule has made American roads more dangerous as a result...
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There's more old American power cars in Scandinavia then in the US. If you want to see American cars from the fifties, sixties or seventies you'll see more of them in events here then in the US.
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8:31 Technically true, but a very sensitive topic.
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Regarding licences. You absolutely need a license for these in many countries, but not necessarily the same one as for a regular car. Here in Norway 16 year olds can get a moped license or a tractor license that can be used with one of these.
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@Arvipa. Here in Norway 4WD is definitely popular, but we tend to prefer smaller cars, not off road ones or pickups. And electric cars are extremely popular.
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13:19 So Greenland is a autonomous territory and nation in the kingdom of Denmark, but is not a part of the country of Denmark (sorr of the same as Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom, but not the country of England). Greenland is slowly on the path towards independence together with the Faero Islands, but it's a slow process. There's a majority in both places that wants Independence, but not necessarily right away (getting more autonomy and economic independence first is a priority) 13:34 One part is, there's a French island of the coast of Canada.
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9:01 With all that traffic I doubt that it's night. My guess, 4 pm - 6 pm in the fall/winter. Remember that we're far enough north for it to get dark early... Heck,some places doesn't see light at noon in winter.
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13:24 One difference is that in Europe it's normal to have a machine inside the store that you put the bottles in then you get a recipe you'll take to where you pay (forgot the word), and you can use it to pay for groceries, or you can get money for it. Recently you are also able to get a paper lottery ticket from those machines in my country where you'll know right away if you've won (99% of the time you don't) and the income from that goes to charities, but in theory you can win millions. Me I've never won more then what I'd get from 3 bottles worth from it.
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There's plenty of places in Norway that never drop below -20°C. Not dropping below +20°C is a big ask though. Also, on a side note, "Å" is not a modified letter "A" but a entirely separate letter. So "Flåm", not "Flam". Many words have completely different meanings depending on which one you use of those two. "Åle" means crawling, "ale" meens breeding, Ås means hill, AS is an abbreviation for a stock company, åre means a vein for your blood, Are is a Norwegian name and so one and so forth...
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4:17 Not doing all of them is perfectly fine. It takes time to get used to all. While only the US and two other countries are using imperial as standard there's still several other countries that's in the transmission state and still occasionally use imperial or other units instead of metric ones for individual measurements. Converting all at once is tough, so don't worry about it. Trying to learn and improve is the important part. Not feeling ready for all of it at once is perfectly fine however. Your neighbours to the north for instance is using several imperial units, they'll measure height of a person in feet and inches and short distances in meters for instance... And younger people use more metric then older people etc. The same applies here in Europe, we've mostly converted in most European countries, but the occasional non-metric unit can be found in most countries.
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5:45 It does add more danger. The guy making the video he's reacting to doesn't know much about city planning it seems. 6:01 It really isn't. It causes issues for pedestrians. 12:12 No, it doesn't work if you know English. Reading requires more mental processing power then recognizing a symbol does. Those European signs takes about as much time to process as a single one of those letters in those signs, the rest of that time is wasted time where the driver is paying attention to a sign instead of the road... 14:09 Exactly. 19:15 Not really... People in Norway, Sweden and Denmark cycle around in the snow, sleet and rain, even in windy conditions and even on icey roads... So you really don't have a excuse over there... People bike to schools, jobs, stores, kindergartens etc...
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9:26 That's a poor excuse, sorry... If you want to experience this get there soon. And no, speed limits isn't everything driver disiplin is even more important. But speed limits are still incredibly important.
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@johnnorthtribe Yeah, come over here to shop for a bit. ;-) Things will probably return to normal eventually and we'll come over to Sweden to shop again, but right now you can save money here. :-)
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@johnnorthtribe Take the bus or train. If you plan what you want to get, where you're going and the costs exactly you can still save money.
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11:35 The Netherlands are mild when it comes to speed limits compared to Norway. Here 12 mph speeding can land you in jail without a license...
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@moomah5929 Yeah, most speed limits in Norway are 60, 70, 80 or 90 km/h. I've heard that 100 and 110 km/h roads do exist here, but I've never seen one myself. There's also places with speed limits of 30, 40 or 50 km/h... Speed cameras are networked, so average speeds achievable between two cameras only by exceeding the limits will land you with a fine. And exceeding the limits by over 20 km/h will cost you your license and depending on the situation (say in areas where children may be walking, near houses etc) could land you in jail here. That colleague of yours would definitely have landed in jail here as well as losing his license...
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8:32 "Almost daily"? In Norway its normal to eat bread for breakfast, then again at lunch (cold lunch), then as a side for dinner (only hot meal of the day), then bread again for the evening meal... Somehow the Germans have managed to beat us in the amount of bread in. weight they eat (in part because theirs are heavier to start with). They eat 56 kg a year pr capita, we're at just 41 kg...
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@juhokaartoaho Heavy snow isn't really that bad if you have deep enough groves and a electric bike. The front wheel can function like a rudder, and with the electric engine helping out if the groves are deep enough it's able to dig your way through the snow. You're pretty exhausted and wet when you get there, but it works.
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 @idkusername2795 Tires you really should have... I don't believe there's laws requiring them on bikes in my country. But they are for cars and motorcycles etc...
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@GavinHewitt I think most people people have them in my country in winter. Unlike with cars and motorcycles they're not mandated by law here, but I'd say a majority of people own them and switch just like with winter tires. And it's not necessarily studded tires either. For cars you'll find people in certain regions having three sets of tires, summer, winter and studded. Studded for ice, winter for snow, and summer for rain and regular roads. Winter tires tend to have far softer rubber and totally different patterns of the groves. I think most people only have two sets of bike wheels though...
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11:51 Yeah, it unloads just fine. I suspect that the thumbnail is for the next part?
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4:12 This is too common conditions to close down everytime it's like this... We absolutely have roads closed every winter, but not with this little bad weather...
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15:34 Every single country out there has made the switch at some point or other from another system. There are arguments for the imperial system. But non of them are present in this video you made. There's another video you might want to watch that's defending the imperial system a little bit. I don't remember exactly where it is, but if you're interested I can probably dig it up.
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@antoinemozart243 The only ones that really use igloos in Norway are the army or anyone else caught out in a blizzard during the winter...
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Please react to"Not just bikes" with"These stupid trucks are literally killing us" I'll share the link inna comment following this one. If it's not there then the spam filter are it.
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https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
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0:26 That's the steepest?!? We have way more of these, and I think we have a few that's steeper, although it's hard to tell from just the video... Lots of streets have to be closed down for car traffic in winter as it's simply not safe to drive on them in winter. They're illegal to make now.
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Found a video you might like about nordic trucks: (I'll send the link in a comment, so if it's not here it's probably in the spam filter)
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https://youtu.be/bn6oGoA8zNs
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4:48 Europe is bigger then the US. But smaller then North America. Alaska is bigger then the European part of Russia, although of course far smaller then Russia as a whole. Texas is roughly the same size as Ukraine, slightly bigger, and of course far smaller then the European part of Russia. France is bigger then California. 10 of Europes countries have more then 300 000 km^2 of land area. Only 5 US states does. So thinking that European countries are small is just a mistake... 5:38 Like I said, France is bigger then California... 6:30 Also, Europe has about 50 countries with land area within the continent. Of course some of them have capitals outside of Europe and are therefore by definition not European. And some are not recognized by everyone etc...
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 @poljenol6868 What do you mean?
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@poljenol6868 You're still not making sense with your sentences... I can't read your mind on what you're trying to convey... It's not just your arguments that's missing, it's the sentences themselves... But the reply below is a reply to my best guess of what you're trying to convey... Smaller cars are cheaper to produce. It's the bigger ones that's being propped up by taxation in the US. The profit margin might be smaller, but the overall cost of getting from no car to a car with any given set of features is still lower with a small car then a big one. Even if those features may be a bigger percentage of the total cost.
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12:27 They're also standardized. So you won't have two different people with the same exact number but from two different states etc nor different looks from place to plac etc. 13:17 Personal preference... Personally I don't like the look of the US plates from most states...
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Apparently we have tornadoes in Norway... F2 is the highest ever recorded, but multiple F0 and F1s pr year apparently in warm summers. (I don't think that we had any in the past, but the climate is getting warmer).
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In Norway it costs between 3 000 and 3 500 USD worth on average from what I understand to get a drivers license. It includes first aid, driving in the dark, on slippery roads, ice, cities, rural driving on single lane two way roads with passing pockets, tests of reaction times in case of animals or humans entering the road suddenly without warning while driving on slippery roads etc. Of course stick driving. And did I mention that speeding 12 mph over the speed limit in some cases can land you in jail and cost you your license?
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I was born in 87 here in Norway and I'm considering to get a license now...
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Regarding the language, the British isles is the one of the holdouts of the Celtic language family. Celtic used to be spoken from Turkey in the east to Ireland in the west and in much of Spain and all up to Belgium during their heyday. Now you'll only see it in a few areas in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and in Breton in France I believe. Everywhere else the languages have died. Especially the Romans worked hard to destroy the Celtic cultures. While I can't say 100% that it's Celtic it's the most likely explanation.
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10:44 Not sure about Germany. But here in Norway you can be caught speeding even if there's no speed limit sign telling you to slow down, because of common sense laws like the one above in the video. Even if there's no sign showing you that something is urban you're expected to understand that if there's houses in the area you're supposed to slow down. And you risk losing your license (think 3 000 USD to get it), get a huge fine, or even land in jail for speeding there. (12 miles pr hour faster then the speed limit is enough to land you in jail in some situations here, speed limit signs not required)
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8:45 You do have some old things in the US. Isn't there a Native American town still populated from way before the US was funded?
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3:36 Those seats look uncomfortable. The busses here in Norway has seats with a cover that's softer and more "fluffy" (in the lack of a better word). (My English might not be good enough to explain what I mean). The biggest busses here in my home city is Van Hool Exqui.City 24 CNG Hybrid i believe. While all new busses are 100% electric like the Volvo 7900. From what I understand 63% of our busses runs on biologically created natural gas (meaning that it has been newly created rather then being fossil fuel), 35 busses are 100% electric, the rest are biodiesel/electric hybrid busses. 100% of the busses should therefore in theory be carbon neutral once built, and since all new busses will be electric from now on their impact on the air quality should also improve. End of video edit: Regarding the pedals. Remember that Europe cares a lot about safety, so bigger break pedals makes sense, the gas pedal doesn't need to be as big, control over your slowing down is way more important then your speeding up.
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Hum, guess you guys have better tools, at least in this case. US mechanical stuff like cars still have a reputation for low quality though... In part due to higher tolerances being used so less precision)
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Look up Bergen, Norway. 202-239 days of rain.
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80 000 pounds is just 36 metric tons according to a quick and dirty google conversation... I might of course be doing something wrong... Compare that to the limit in Sweden (74 metric tons) and Finland (76 metric tons) for trucks without any special permits... With a permit the limit in Finland is over 100 tons. Other countries have lower limits. In Norway it's 50 tons unless you get a permit for more.
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In the past you'd cut down the trees with axes or later on when blacksmithing improved saws, then you'd use horses to pull 4-5 logs down to a creek or river. From there it's floated down ideally to a water powered sawmill, but at least a collection point for processing, before being exported out. The water powered sawmills and all of our rivers and creeks allowed Norway to be a much bigger timber exporter then the size of our forests would actually suggest. And our woods rebuilt London after city fires and for a number of other uses. (Probably including the Royal Navy too, although I don't know about that specifically).
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So as you saw each European nation has its own model suited for local needs. As a result we've also been able to try out more different things to see what works or not. Don't get me wrong, sometimes things definitely don't work in Europe either, but usually we have a system across the border that does when ours doesn't, and we can hold our government accountable. In the US it's always possible to shift blame and the state next to you have a awfully similar model anyway for most things, so there's very little diversity in government structure. So you don't really see when something doesn't really work, because you don't really have better examples elsewhere that you can see in a lot of cases.
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Georgia is a country with territory in both Europe and Asia, just like Turkey and Russia. I believe that their capital is in the Asian part though, so in the end it's probably considered a Asian country with territory in Europe. But culturally we have close ties to them since they where Christians for so long, they've been allying with Christians in a whole heap of wars. With the Byzantines, with Crusaders and with others. So they feel very western.
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2:15 No, 18 is the rule in Europe. Driving a car is a privilege, not a right here, and we don't trust teens with them. When you're under 18 you can usually get a license for a scooter though, or something else like that.
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I'm a non-drinker, but I'd love to hear what you think about some Nordic beers (and other alcoholic drinks like the Norwegian akvavit/aquavit, a spirit made from potatoes in Norway since the 15th century. It's 30-40% alcohol apparently. So take it easy with it.
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Well, regarding that Egypt comment. While yes, most of Egypt is in Africa, there's a small part that's actually in Asia, the Sinai peninsula. So I kind of get where that confusion might come from?
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Regarding safety... Well, Norway has a population of about 5 million. In 2021 we had 87 people dying on the roads in total. 7 pedestrians and 2 bikers. Compare that with some US states with a population of about 5 million.
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1:54 That's obviously for the American market... You can see that by the rear seats taking up cargo space... 3:41 Non of these makes sense on a European market. They're just not designed for the one thing pickup trucks are good at... 5:57 So far I hate them all... Non of them are designed to do work and they're all unecessarily big and dangerous for both people outside and inside the vehicle. There's a place for the pickup truck. But that "pickup truck" is designed for the kind of people that should be banned from owning one...
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2:42 Why is he wearing protective gear on his arms and hands while she isn't? End of video edit: Jeez... Those cars don't look like they're prepared for racing... Looks super sketchy...
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10:43 Honestly it doesn't look like a road problem, but a problem with a lack of good alternatives... How is the railway in that area?
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16:16 In Europe the car itself is supposed to crumble and provide a lot of the energy dampening effect, while in the US you kind of need it to be airbags due to the structure of the car itself from what I understand...
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@roevhaal578 Regarding the road quality, it depends on where you are. There's a lot of focus on safety. But the country is big, and there's a hierarchy of responsibility for road maintenance. Main roads are funded nationally and are usually excellent. But there's definitely low priority roads in certain regions that's underfunded. Nothing dangerous. Safety features often has priority over potholes, and speed limits are low enough that low quality roads aren't dangerous to people (just cars). But yeah, we have the safest roads in the world, and a big part of that is the drivers (despite what these dashcams might make you think). Our main issue is actually foreign drivers.
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1:23 The UK being safer then Norway? What sources have they used? And how have they processed the data? Because that sounds odd.
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0:30 There's 50 countries with territory within Europe. Some countries have their capitals outside of Europe and are therefore not European. Some countries are not fully recognized etc. So the number will vary depending on the source. The UN recognize 44 as being European. Some European nations recognize more or less then that. 50 is all inclusive. 2:33 We have more landmass too, it's just that a lot of that landmass is located in various peninsulas. 4:46 We got freezes and snow aplenty too... Although there's been a lot less of that in recent years...
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Many of those "higher elevation" pictures could easily have been taken at sea level in the Scandinavian mountains. Especially the ones with a lot of humidity. Snow capped mountains at low elevation is normal here in Norway.
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7:15 8!?!?!! 1 is the norm for one person, for a family 2 is common. 8... That's for billionaires etc... And usually just very unique cars...
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There's more old amcars in Scandinavia then in the US. So if you like American cars from the 50s to the 70s come to Scandinavia to one of the events here.
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4:18 Subaru is Japanese. So it makes sense for them to have Japanese specifications.
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5:07 Higher speed limits would be a disaster in the US for a simple reason. You treat driving as a right rather then a privilege, and as a result you don't have high enough standards on driving education, regulation on car quality etc... Also, notice how Germany has 3,7 deaths or 100 000. Well, Norway had 1,8 deaths pr 100 000 in 2020... So less then half of what Germany has. And we have low speed limits and strict road laws.
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Regarding things the US does better then Europe. Look into experiences disabled people have in the two countries. Europeans get more home aid stuff in general. But when it comes to public infrastructure there's way more of it that's built suitable for disabled people in the US then Europe in general (there's individual countries and organizations/companies that's exceptions). Also, regarding ambulances, you're way better in the US then in India... Road laws barely applies there...
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First of all, I'm European, not American... Secondly, historical buildings has nothing to do with why the US is ahead of us. The reason there's a difference is that European laws in general doesn't actually carry any weight when it comes to accessibility for disabled people in most European countries, unclear wording and usually little to no mention of consequences. There are exceptions in Europe that shows that it can be done also among older buildings. And furthermore, we're failing to make new buildings accessible. In Europe accessibility is generally a afterthought rather then a primary design criteria.
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Yeah, this was a old video, so apparently just 13 EVs here (according to another comment on here), if this had been now there would probably have been a lot more...)
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Also, it was 80% earlier on, near the end of the year it was closer to 90% then 80%.
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@entropyshield We got some narrow roads here in Norway too and we do have mountains... It's a good thing. Although there's cases where they could have been better. For instance we recently had a bridge in the news because it's too narrow for cars to pass each other and you can't see anyone entering from the other side because of how high it is in the middle vs the ends, so now the neighbours are demanding traffic lights to avoid people fighting over who should back down.
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A European truck might not be ideal for your use case. Remember, it's not intended for you to slipe in/live in it...
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Perhaps watch the video in full in private? You missed out on the text explaining what was going on.
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Regarding parking, that differs a lot between countries. As for the police taking radar... We do have them in Norway, but it's usually a random inspection perhaps once or twice a year. Often reported on the news.
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