‘What’s something you learned from another country that you wish the UK would adopt?’ – 22 things that would make Britain better

13.

‘German suburban trains, aka the S-bahn, a joy to use, frequent trains, frequent stations, dense network. Imagine the London Overground but in every city, rather than say waiting for some rattly old two car train that runs once an hour.’
–750volts

14.

‘Pulling back in after overtaking on the motorway. They manage it in France just fine.’
–fothergillfuckup

15.

‘“Every man’s right” from Finland.

“Everyman’s right (jokamiehenoikeus) in Finland is a traditional legal principle that gives everyone the freedom to freely explore and enjoy the natural environment regardless of who owns the land.”’
–RecognitionOk9731

16.

‘France – official lunch voucher scheme where employers have to offer them to staff through a salary sacrifice scheme. Doesn’t cost too much for anyone to run and it’s the reason they’ve such a huge lunchtime cafe scene rather than everyone buying supermarket meal deals.’
–Neither_Process_7847

17.

‘I wish the UK would adopt France’s zero-tolerance attitude to government fuckery.’
–LordBrixton

18.

‘Another one from Japan — if you want to buy a car, you have to show you have somewhere to store it, either on your property or by leasing a space in a car park. And if your desired vehicle is too big for your space, you can’t buy it.

‘Completely coincidentally Japanese roads aren’t full of increasingly gigantic vehicles and traffic flows freely around suburban streets because they’re roads and not free car storage.

‘I appreciate the ship has sailed in this country but it’s definitely more sensible than what our roads have turned into.’
–NekoFever

19.

‘The approach to housing seen in many countries, where renting is is normal and there is plenty of affordable, decent quality rents because the landlord are proper professionals rather than accidental landlords or greedy charlatans like so many are here in the UK.’
–PoundingTheStreets

20.

‘Italian coffee culture – spent a year studying abroad and is one of the main things I miss. To go cups weren’t really a thing so you’d either drink it at the bar standing or sit down for 5-10.

‘Really slows down the day and incentivises being mindful.’
–OrmusI

21.

‘Australia having separate parks for dogs so you don’t have to step in crap or have dogs run up and dump saliva and mud on your groin area.’
–Swimming_Echo9526

22.

‘Yet another one from Japan – kids are allowed to go outside, do errands etc. from very young, and it’s normal to see a kid from early primary school age out by themselves (there’s a whole TV show called ‘Old Enough!’ about this).

‘It means that society is used to this and will collectively keep an eye out for the child, and the child learns independence and responsibility young. It also of course takes some pressure off the parents if you can just ask the kid to go and get you some milk from the corner shop, instead if it always being a whole group mission.’
–RollickingTail

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