Culture
The Amazingly Odd Things Americans Do
Our Restaurant Drive-Throughs
The U.S. is physically a very big country, and from the beginning of the 20th century it became married with the automobile. Entire cities have been planned, built, changed and rebuilt based on vehicle traffic versus any other form of transport. No surprise, we like to eat in our cars too, and that created drive-throughs, a unique American invention. One will be hard-pressed to find a drive-through elsewhere in the world, although some countries with new city expansions are experimenting with the idea.