There are tons of "unseen roads" in Europe, you just have to get out of the populated bits.
Northern Scandinavia and Scotland are two good examples.
I agree that nothing quite compares to middle-of-nowhere USA or Canada, though.
Northern Scandinavia and Scotland are two good examples.
I agree that nothing quite compares to middle-of-nowhere USA or Canada, though.
I think my greatest empty road experience was, oddly, on the A1; it was shortly after dawn, and for a brief period there were four empty lanes ahead of and behind me. The experience of being the only person in a space designed to be crowded.
It's a similar feeling to being the only person in a hotel other than the employee at the front desk.
Driving in or around London at 4am is magnificent. Huge roads with no-one to use them.
So yeah, circumstances.
I didn't realise how much I'd miss the driving when I moved back to Europe and switched back to a not-insane income level.
The biggest cost of car sharing was having to park the car in front of the office for 9 hours at €3,75 per hour. Or, during weekend trips, spending €75 just for having the car idle in front of the cabin, that price excludes any kilometers driven.