Road(s) Redux

Following my slam about the roads in France, I received an email from someone who very nicely informed me that I was wrong for a number of reasons. 

One, he noted that I needed to be careful comparing road systems in different countries around the world.  Of course, he said, the roads in the U.S. are better than say the roads in South Africa.  He suggested that I stick to an apples-to-apples comparison that would afford a better evaluation of road quality among similar countries.  He included a link to this chart:
As you see, the U.S. comes in #13 on this ranking.  My emailer pointed out that many of the countries ranked ahead of the U.S. and in particular the European countries, also have an excellent train system to complement their very good road system.

He pointed out that France is ranked at #6 on the list and agreed with my friend Philip’s assessment that French roads are really pretty good.  Hence, I am incorrect in saying or implying that U.S. roads are overall better than the ones in France. 

So, what do I know, except that you can’t argue with facts.  Someone was quoted as saying “You are entitled to your own opinions but you are not entitled to your own facts.”   As my emailer showed above, France’s roads overall are better than ours.  C’est la vie or something like that.

Enya begins this song asking “Who can say where the road goes?”  However, I included this video to keep to my theme of the week “Women in White.”  Enya does a seasonal survey here and eventually switches to winter white at the 2:43 mark.