if there was a bridge across the atlantic/pacific would you drive to cross it?

[tmc]

i guess it would be pretty boring to drive for 2+ days with no breaks - unless there are some floating rest areas!.

not to mention you would need like 3+ drivers to take shifts.

sounds scary as well.

thoughts?

 

[lozina]

I'd much rather be shuttled across in a vacuum tube.

The only way I would do such a ride in a car is when the car is driving itself

 

[BoomerD]

I once found a bottle (turned out to be some old lamp) on the beach. When I rubbed it to clean it up, a genie appeared and offered me one wish.

I thought about it for a couple of minutes and said, "Genie, I want a bridge to drive from California to Hawaii."

The genie replied, "Oh master of the lamp, such a thing is impossible. The distance is too great, the water too deep, the waves are too strong and too high. Please ask for something different."

So...I thought about it again and replied, "Genie, I wish to know the inner workings of the female mind. How they think, why they think and act as they do, what drives them to the decisions they make, everything about women."

The genie replied, "So...how many lanes wide do you want on the bridge?"

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Hell yes.

There will need to be gas stations.

 

[CrackRabbit]

I would sure.

 

[CPA]

No way. I hate driving as it is, why would I want to spend days driving across a boring ocean?

Plus, what would happen if one of those 100 foot monster waves hits?

 

[MixMasterTang]

In this fictional situation do I get to drive a Veyron at full speeds too?

 

[natto fire]

Not unless I had an amphibious car or was pulling a boat. Sat phone would also be a must.

 

[sdifox]

i guess it would be pretty boring to drive for 2+ days with no breaks - unless there are some floating rest areas!.

not to mention you would need like 3+ drivers to take shifts.

sounds scary as well.

thoughts?

why? Maybe if it is a train. Driving? You nuts?

 

[z1ggy]

Am I getting blown by pr0nstar during this trip?? My answer depends completely on this premise.

 

[waffleironhead]

No way in hell. I hate driving across Nebraska, and they at least have 3 or 4 trees to break to monotony. Imagine endless miles of water... Again no, just no.

 

[techs]

Wifi. It must have wifi.

 

[Jaskalas]

What, and risk hitting the people WALKING the distance? I think not.

 

[DrPizza]

You said there was a bridge. You didn't say there were gas stations. So, no. Not taking the chance of driving 300+ miles and running out of gas. If there were gas stations, I might be tempted to drive to Europe, but the Pacific is far too wide.

 

[kranky]

If there was a bridge, why make anyone drive? Just load cars on a train and let the train carry everything and everyone. No turns, no gas stations needed, and no one making you stop by saying "Daddy, I have to pee."

Probably get one way in around 40 hours with a train.

 

[mrjminer]

What country is the other end of the bridge connected to?

 

[Midwayman]

If it were safe, and logistics (food and gas every 100 miles or so) were taken care of I could see doing it. Much more likely to take a train though. Or a bus. A high speed rail line would be sweet though.

 

[Drako]

Why wouldn't I just take a boat or a plane?

 

[spacejamz]

I am pretty sure they haven't invented a typhoon proof bridge yet much less one that can stand a rogue wave or even godzilla when he finally rises from the ocean floor...

 

[lupi]

I did across the US in just over 40 hours, no way you'd want to do that on an isolated 1 lane each way road with minimal (at best) stops/drive offs etc...

 

[techs]

The bridge would be perfect for US armed forces to invade Europe.

 

[natto fire]

I am pretty sure they haven't invented a typhoon proof bridge yet much less one that can stand a rogue wave or even godzilla when he finally rises from the ocean floor...

Even if they did invent a "hurricane/typhoon proof" bridge, I wouldn't believe it as such. They invented an "unsinkable" boat, and look how that turned out...

 

[Ken g6]

Actually, if it was a bridge over the Bering Strait, it could be fairly short. But I have no desire to visit Russia.

 

[mrjminer]

Even if they did invent a "hurricane/typhoon proof" bridge, I wouldn't believe it as such. They invented an "unsinkable" boat, and look how that turned out...

You're as clueless as he is. You probably don't know Godzilla has been attacking Japan regularly for years either.

 

[BurnItDwn]

No. I plan to drive some day from IL to FL then to Maine and then through canada to Alaska, and then down to CA along the west coast, and finally through the desert states and into New Orleans and thet back home to IL. But, that's only if I can afford to retire some day and can take like 6 months for a road trip of that scale. Otherwise, my limit is about 1000 miles 1 way.