What is the furthest distance you have driven in a day and why?

@Bizziebod (3497)
February 17, 2007 10:11am CST
Where did you drive to and was it essential? I know alot of people in the USA do roadtrips for 'fun' just wondered what your destinations were and did you have fun along the way? I have driven on a couple of occasions for 8 hours none stop once on New Years Day to collect someone over the other side of the country who was in trouble and needed my help, although thinking about it lorry drivers drive for this long everyday!
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@sonia23 (322)
• India
19 Jul 07
i dont drive ,i am learning
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@Bizziebod (3497)
20 Jul 07
Good luck with learning to drive, my duaghter passed her test a couple of weeks ago and it's given her a new lease of life..
• United States
18 Feb 07
I once drive from central Iowa to Tennesee, non stop. I was the only one who had a drivers liscence and she kept falling asleep half the time. She only let me stop once for a nap, and when we needed gas. At the time it was fun and I would do it again I think. I love to drive long distance for the fun of it.
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• United States
18 Feb 07
We drive all the time and take trips all the time. Our last one was driving back to Pittsburgh after spending Christmas in Chicago. My husband decided to take the "scenic" route through central Indiana, lol. It took us 11 hours to get home (with no real stops--other then bathroom breaks and getting gas--we ate in the car with 4 kids--it was crazy). Normally the trip takes us about 9 hours (that includes the 1 hour break we take to eat. When I was in high school I went with my mom and her brothers and sisters to Utah. We drove from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Cedar City, Utah (which is in the southwestern corner) in just 3 days. We drove 12 hours straight each of the first 2 days. It was exhausting. When my kids were younger we used to get in our car and just drive for hours with no destination in mind. We have been known to drive for 8-9 hours for no reason, only stopping really to eat.
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@nmw2005 (1197)
• United States
18 Feb 07
My husband and I were moving. Both of our cars were fully packed and we drove about 9 hours until we finally stopped. The next day we only had to go about 3 or 4 hours to get to our destination.
@sharon613 (2321)
• United States
18 Feb 07
The furthest distance for me was a 4 hour drive all the way to my parents.
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• United States
18 Feb 07
Eight hours if I remember right. One time to Anaheim from Reno and another time to Las Vegas from Reno. We wanted to save and airfare would be too expensive. The road trip was fun and interesting. Although I really prefer to fly now. I was young then, I know better now.
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
18 Feb 07
for me it was when i used to drive from Huddersfield down to plymouth, where i was at university. I did it once every two weeks always over night it seemed to be such a long way lol but happilly did it. Lol it always seemed to go quicker on the way home, blessed be
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
18 Feb 07
A couple times back in the mid 1980s I drove (I was the passenger mind you) none stop from Fort Erie Canada to Dallas Texas....since then the longest would be 7 hours for me either goin to or returning from Dayton Ohio OR Allentown PA but for my husband it was 14 hrs cause he would drive me there then have to turn aorund and come home or he'd be driving up to pick me up and turing around to drive me home.
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• India
18 Feb 07
i also show very interest in driving but i never drove farthest distances i never got such opportunity if i get i would like to do that
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@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
18 Feb 07
I drove 26 hours with several stops to stretch and relax. I went to the northern most part of the country to attend a friend's wedding. That was so tiring and the thought that I'm going to drive the same distance again coming back was terrible but didn't have a choice. As far as I know, that was the farthest distance I've ever driven.
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• Malaysia
18 Feb 07
about 20 hour a day.. what a **** !!! it make me tired.. i sleep about 2 days after that road trip.. i have to meet my best friend wedding...
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• India
18 Feb 07
the furthest distance i have travveled in a day is about 200 km, actually i was having my paper in another city and recived my admit card the day before the test so i ahd no option, i took my bike and had my drive of 200km
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• India
18 Feb 07
i had driven for 200 km one day on my pulsar..that was because i do a lot of trekking and on that day i had gone for a route explorationnni am from karnataka i had almost reached andhra pradesh
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
18 Feb 07
The longest trip I ever did in one day (actually went until 2 in the morning of the next day.) My mom, sister & I were in Durango Co. when mom got a call that her aunt had fallen and possibly had a stroke. They wanted to release her from the hospital but nobody could be there to help her. (Such good local relatives in NJ depending the one who normally lives in TX to come.) We needed to get mom on a plane to NJ WITH a blizzard coming in. Turned out the local airport had been closed because they couldn't get any planes in. We piled in the car and drove to Alberquerque by noon to put my mom on a plane. My sis & I stopped to eat, then drove on to Amarillo, where we thought about staying, but the blizzard was to hit there around midnight. We had dinner at a chicken place with a friend of my sister's then drove on to Arlington Texas (between Ft. Worth and Dallas.) We started at 8 a.m. and got in at 2 a.m. Chased across 3 states by a blizzard. The next morning I drove on to Houston to be with other friends since Christmas with my family was shot!
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@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I have driven about 7 hours while on vacation. My mom and I were going to the coast one summer. My husband is in sales and drives a route everday. When I go with him I probably spend almost that long riding around.
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• India
18 Feb 07
The farthest distance i have driven in a day is about 550kms by car. I had to go to a place where i had to see the site for the project. It was very tiresome day as i had to return back after travelling such a big distance. Total roundtrip was about 550kms.
• United States
18 Feb 07
Well, i don't know the distance traveled, but the most hours i have been in a car in a day going one direction is 12 hours. i was on tour with choir, so it was essential for the choir.
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• United States
18 Feb 07
My longest road trip was a 25 hour drive from Houston, TX to Toledo, Ohio. I was moving back from Texas and wanted to get it done and over with so I drove straight through only stopping for gas and potty breaks. When I got there I slept for 1 whole day then turned around and went back to get the rest of my belongings. I only needed to make 2 trips there and back to get my things (I had sold what I could in Texas) but did not go straight through on the second trip. The only thing that kept me going was it was in December and by the time I got down to the last 7-8 hours, I was so cold that I couldn't fall asleep at the wheel since I had no heat in my car. Now the longest I stay on the road is the 14 hour trip I make a couple of times a year from South Carolina to Ohio.
@nowment (1757)
• United States
18 Feb 07
764 miles in one day had a reason to get to Fl. in a hurry from NJ the last 300 miles were done the next morning. I also used to go to my grandmother's to visit she was just over 600 miles away from where I lived yet we used to make this trip in one day. I didnt' see any reason to break the trip up. It was only a 12 hour trip normally. One year however it took over 15 hours, due to storms and road construction along the way.
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@Kobra123 (14)
• Italy
18 Feb 07
i went from catania to Rome,800 km. ten hours of car. this travel for me ex girlfriend,for look and kiss her.
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