Comment by peoplefromibiza
2 days ago
I usually walk my friend, but nice try to shove your American way on me
There's a say in my country "chi male pensa male agisce" which roughly translates to “those who think badly act badly”
2 days ago
I usually walk my friend, but nice try to shove your American way on me
There's a say in my country "chi male pensa male agisce" which roughly translates to “those who think badly act badly”
I am a parent and trying to show the reasons I don’t want my kids walking on the streets. And I live in the Netherlands
I'm a parent trying to show the reasons why treating your kids as disabled people will make them grow up as disabled people.
Your kids are humans and can learn stuff, if you think they can't learn to cross a street or that drivers are out there to chase and kill specifically your children or that the probability of being run over is higher than falling off a bike and dying (ironically in recent years, more cyclists were killed in the Netherlands than car occupants [1]) you are a very anxious parent, hence a bad parent.
Sorry.
Yeah, it might be true that bike accidents are caused by cars (even though the stats of your Country say that only half of them are due to a motorized vehicle) but teaching them to walk to school it's still an order of magnitude safer than any other means of transport.
Don't you want them to be free and independent? why?
p.s. as a side note, in the Netherlands road deaths are growing (despite what the bike heaven propaganda says) [1]
Maybe, just maybe!, it's safer for your kids to walk to school.
[1] https://etsc.eu/dutch-road-safety-thrown-back-in-time-15-yea...