- Crowncorks you can screw off the bottle. I've seen attempts, but it did not catch on. Perhaps because certain of our beers need much tighter caps?
- Traffic lights you can see from the other side of the street. We still have to crane our necks to see the light that is just over our heads. In France there are often extra miniature lights at the height of the driver, but putting the light on the other side of the crossing or suspending them in the middle is much simpler.
- Cloth-covered trucks: this is an interesting one. Why are most trailers of European long-haul trucks covered with weather-proof cloth while in the US they have all metal sides?
- Street names you can find and read. No problem figuring out where you are in the US, but often no way to find the name of even large avenues in a European city.
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- Shower heads you can take off the wall. The single most annoying thing in US bathrooms. There are signs that this may take off, but certainly not in hotel rooms.
- The metric system (once more). Ever more attempts, but none seem to work.
- Cloth-covered trucks: this is an interesting one. Why are most trailers of European long-haul trucks covered with weather-proof cloth while in the US they all have metal sides?
- Two-level traffic signs. If you can't read English, don't drive in the US. For example, you will see a rectangular sign "Left turn only", and somewhat later another equally rectangular sign "No left turn". I don't know if the red lettering of the second one is a rule or not, but it is a lot of reading to do while driving. We have quite easy to understand language-independent signs.
- 230V. Smaller cables, better quality plugs, better sockets, less current and less power loss.
- Tax included: our prices include taxes. In the US you often have an unpleasant surprise when you get to the check-out counter, where state tax gets added. This is also the reason why there are still 1 cent coins.
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