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and for having lived in Amsterdam for 2 years now, I guarantee that the way bikes (and traffic in general) are handled in the Netherlands is far from the safest
by jypepin 9y ago
and for having lived in Amsterdam for 2 years now, I guarantee that the way bikes (and traffic in general) are handled in the Netherlands is far from the safest way! :)
- blunte 9y agoBut living here myself, I can attest that Dutch drivers are better than US drivers. Perhaps because of better drivers and possibly better cyclists, the chaos that is rush hour cycling results in far fewer accidents than I would expect.
- jypepin 9y agoagreed that in general Europe has better drivers (license is just harder to get) but that doesn't change that it's still very unsafe and not secure :)
- blunte 9y agoOne thing that helps is the increasing number of non-car roads (pedestrians and cyclists only). Obviously that's not very friendly to drivers, but a well designed city with good public transport really doesn't need cars in the city.