I don't think it's illegal. The amount of citizen with access to enough wealth to own a car is just relatively low
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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Private car ownership is highly restricted. You only have access to a car if you are a party member, are conducting business for the party, or are well connected.
Their society is very localized and travel is restricted(you need a permit to leave your county), trains and bicycles are how you move about if you aren't walking.
Nice, they've solved the climate crisis. It truly is the greatest country.
If every nation could only be a failed state with a 60% poverty level and be propped up by multiple superpowers, we could totally kick the can at least another generation.
America: Hold my beer
Those roads are probably for police and military so they can arrive quickly in case of invasion or citizens becoming uppity.
Sure, but that thing is 4 lanes in either direction. That's a lot of asphalt for a whole bunch of nothing.
Kim must love drag racing I guess
Also why the US highway system was built, btw. The president who championed it, Eisenhower, was the commander of US allied forces during WW2. While there were other benefits, his goal was to be able to quickly transport troops in the event of a Soviet invasion.
Which is a fucking dumb idea seeing how shitty the US rail system is.
Bomb railway
Oops looks like no more movement for the forseeable future until we can get engineers to fill the crater and rebuild the track to spec. If you mess up repairs, the whole train can derail and back to square 1!
Bomb highway
Oops looks like you have to go around the crater, that might add a minute to your journey. If it's really big, you might have to take a ten minute detour until we can slather some gravel and asphalt over the hole.
~~you can't land planes on a railway. the interstate system in the US also doubles as emergency runways for aircraft. It's actually baked into the system on purpose.~~ nevermind, turns out that "fun fact" I was about to tell you all is a myth, according to the DOT.
In Germany some sections of the Autobahn do double as runways for aircraft. The middle section has a dividing wall that can be removed if necessary. Afaik they are supposed to be used during war. I don't know if they are still being used except to test if new fighter jets are able to land and start again.
Lmao if you think "bomb railway" is somehow easier than "bomb highway" then you are higher than the highways themselves.
Which was also the real reason Hitler built the Autobahn (or rather, continued and expanded the plans that already existed).
And why Eisenhower built the interstates. They even used dod funding
They're cosplaying a successful country
Maybe they are a cargo cult? Build big streets and the wealth will come!
They are going all for that induced demand. Research shows that building one more lane actually increases traffic.
But think of the impressive military parades.
LOL, if one can afford a car in NK, it must be a dream to drive it. Roads as wide as in California with none of the traffic.
No one driving on it and it’s still full of potholes and poorly patched.
An empty road full of potholes and the only other people driving are people I probably know by name?
This is Mario Kart IRL
That banana peel with rot before it gets someone
I don't think these roads stretch very far.
Why are all the trees dead?
Insane you found 4 of the same looking tree. If you look closely you can see the branch structure is super similar
They even painted the ground to match the tree type smh
I imagine one person deliberately took all 4 pics
i doubt it, that's too much work for one person
They are still waiting on their permits for water.
They don't want anyone to go anywhere without being extra nice. It's not car centered city, it's a huge prison.
They need wide roads. Who knows how fat Kim Jong Un is going to get?
That’s a city.