Do it like they do in France.
The regular roads are "meh", they are drivable, but it's always a bit congested and just a bit back on maintenance. However, the toll roads are quite expensive, but are really the best roads in Europe that I've seen. (Revenues from toll's are only spent on toll roads and vice-versa for road tax) Really good tarmac (National speed limit is 130 KM/h, but I'd say it's safe to drive around 200 KM/h over there if everybody would do that), pretty much levelled roads (they cut through small hills and such). So you either drive on the meh road, or drive on the "premium" toll road.
Of course, being from the Netherlands, I rarely use my car. Public transportation is pretty good around here. Buses and trains are clean and drive pretty much on schedule while as the roads are congested to bits in the commute times (8-10 am and 5-7 pm). Also the high tax rates on fuel (I think 65% of what we pay at the pump is tax now) doesn't encourage lots of driving either.
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Do it like they do in France. The regular roads are "meh", they are drivable, but it's always a bit congested and just a bit back on maintenance. However, the toll roads are quite expensive, but are really the best roads in Europe that I've seen. (Revenues from toll's are only spent on toll roads and vice-versa for road tax) Really good tarmac (National speed limit is 130 KM/h, but I'd say it's safe to drive around 200 KM/h over there if everybody would do that), pretty much levelled roads (they cut through small hills and such). So you either drive on the meh road, or drive on the "premium" toll road. Of course, being from the Netherlands, I rarely use my car. Public transportation is pretty good around here. Buses and trains are clean and drive pretty much on schedule while as the roads are congested to bits in the commute times (8-10 am and 5-7 pm). Also the high tax rates on fuel (I think 65% of what we pay at the pump is tax now) doesn't encourage lots of driving either.
But chairs will stay put.
Even if they came to the US, stay away from them. They're like the European equivalent of Packard Bell.