Americans Drive Fast...

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           There's something insulting about being passed. But in America the passion to pass each other is unusually developed and leads to an even larger number of catastrophes, crashes, and other such roadside adventures which are called "accidents" in America.
           Americans drive fast. With every year they drive faster: every year roads get better and automobile motors get more powerful. People drive fast, confidently, and on the whole carelessly. In any case, in America the dogs understand what a roadway is better than the drivers themselves do. American dogs are smart, and never run out onto the highway and don't race after cars with optimistic barking. They know what that leads to. They'll get run over and that'll be the end of it. People are somehow more carefree in this respect.

Chapter Ten: On the Road.