Hellfire Days and Wild Knights ch8

[khim]

Ranma learning how to drive would be a good thing. Most people in Japan don't seem to drive a lot, as opposed to the rest of the world.

s/rest of the world/U.S./
America is the only country where most people drive a lot. It's rare (and IMO temporary) exception, not the rule. This being said - it's good to know how to drive in any part of the world. Even if you don't do it that often - it's good to know how when the need arise...
P.S. As a side example: there are millions of cars in Moscow yet couriers are not using them to deliver small packages (of course they are forced to do it for big packages) - they use public transport (especially subway). Why ? It's faster. You can spend 2-3 hours to cross the Moscow in car due to traffic congestion (unless you are doing it at 3am), but 1 hour is enough with subway - it's not affected by traffic at all. Situation in Japan is very similar...

[Atlan]

America is the only country where most people drive a lot.

Wrong.
I live in New Zealand. We drive everywhere. Always. Even if it's just to the end of the street, usually.
In austrailia, it's about the same.

[Red Baron]

Not me. I'm a Kiwi, and I take Public Transport or walk everywhere. In Auckland no less.

[Sunshine Temple]

I think this topic has drifted. As the last few replys have only delt with replying to someone else's comment about driving habits.
If you want to keep talking about percapita car ownership based on nation, I'd suggest opening a new topic in Other Talk of Fic Research (provided it's relevant to a fic).