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Broadly there's a few categories of bicycle paths/roads in NL: - bicycle path (fietspad) - bicycle + moped path (bromfietspad) (same as a bicycle path but a b
by mrsuprawsm 5y ago
Broadly there's a few categories of bicycle paths/roads in NL:
- bicycle path (fietspad)
- bicycle + moped path (bromfietspad) (same as a bicycle path but a bit wider)
- the road
In terms of the vehicles, there's also a few categories:
- bicycles (i.e. unpowered)
- e-bike with pedal assistance that stops at 25km/h
- moped (max speed 25km/h, "snorfiets")
- high-speed e-bike ("speed-pedelec"), max speed 45km/h
- moped (max speed 45km/h, "bromfiets")
The first 3 types of vehicles can usually ride on both a bicycle path or a bicycle + moped path [1]. There is no explicit speed limit other than the 25km/h limit on the e-bike/moped itself. (I guess that on a non-electric bike you can ride faster than 25km/h, as fast as you can go)
The second 2 types of vehicles can ride on a bicycle + moped path, but must otherwise ride on the road. For the second 2 types of vehicles, you need a numberplate and a helmet, and a mirror. On a bike + moped path inside the city, you can ride 30km/h, outside the city 40km/h, and on the road, 45km/h (less if the road has an explicit speed limit).
A table illustrating this:
https://www.catchlegal.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Afbeelding-artikel-snorfietsers.png https://www.catchlegal.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Afbeeld... (snelheid == speed, toegestaan == allowed).
[1] notable exception being inside the city of Amsterdam, where mopeds must ride on the road with a helmet (which is not normally required elsewhere), but e-bikes can remain on the bike path.
- Animats 5y agoHere's the chart for California.[1] That's very similar. [1] https://currentebikes.com/ebike-classes-california/ https://currentebikes.com/ebike-classes-california/