Not all highways are built like that. Most of them are actually much narrower, with tighter curves. But you may have a point about driver's license. It's not that expensive, takes much less time than a year, but you actually must know how to drive to pass the exam. Maybe that's why I feel much safer driving in a crazy traffic in crowded European cities than anywhere on a road in US.
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