Answer the question, and try not to be snippy about it. Where did "jealous" come from? Bringing up highways is useful even in a non-American context, because it's one of the more common experiences where people are crammed together in close proximity, and the split-second safety of everyone depends on things like depth perception.
Tachyon-log implied that was something only an American would do, which leads us to the next part:
"As if no one else has them," is not literal. I apologize if English isn't your first language.