Comment by Scarblac
3 years ago
In the Netherlands, when riding a bicycle, most people treat most traffic rules as suggestions. Interesting context to explain what's happening.
This is made possible by the fact that cars (try to) follow traffic rules to the letter.
(Essentially every car driver in the Netherlands is also a cyclist at other times)
There is a logic to it though. On a bicycle you are mostly risking your own life, so you are likely to make good judgements about when you can break the rules. In a car, you are mostly riding other people’s lives (bicyclists and pedestrians). Different incentives.
Ah yes, I think that's a realy common behaviour. In fact, I got hit by a cyclist on an e-bike in London running a red light.
The fact that you’re here to tell is a clear sign that the impact isn’t so high as if it were a car.
Morons exist :-(
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Yes, I was just trying to show that the same people can have a different attitude to the same rules if the context is a bit different.
in a some NL cities they have bike sensors and the speeds are low enough to signal a stop across a bike lane keeping it flowing