my hotel is 9.2 miles from work in germany. my home to my ford office is 13.6 miles (according to google) from my home in detroit to ford, counting by memory, there are 10 stop lights, and it takes me about 20 minutes.

in germany, there are 38 stoplights between my hotel and the office. in 9.2 miles! on top of that, i got stopped by 20 of them this morning. i hit 20 of 38 stop lights, and this i felt was good compared to the last few days. takes me 35 minutes to drive 9 miles. what’s more, is that 32 of these lights come in the first 4 miles. that’s 8 stoplights PER MILE! no wonder european’s drive small ass cars.

frankly, i don’t know how they do it, as they all drive manuals. my left leg would be HUGE if i had to stop 32 times in 4 miles and do all the shiting. next week, i’ll time the total of waiting i do at stoplights in germany.