> > >Compulsory cycle lanes make cycling less safe for cyclists, > > pedestrians and > > >motor traffic, particularly at junctions. > > > > What about Nederlands? From what I saw, they even get their own > traffic > > lights at major junctions. > > But are the lanes compulsory? That's the issue. > > The Netherlands has a completely different traffic culture to the UK, > where > roads, traffic etc is designed specifically with cycling at the > forefront of > peoples's minds, not as a begrudged afterthought as it is so often > here.
On the subject of our tulip-munching cousins, I've just found a rather interesting little factoid on this website: <http://holland.cyclingaroundtheworld.nl/Five-reasons.html>. "Holland has got the best cycle lane network in the world. You can cycle on more than 19.000 kilometres of bicycles paths and lanes. It makes cycling in Holland enjoyable and safe (Holland is the fourth safest country as far as traffic concerns. Only the U.K., Sweden and Norway have lower numbers of fatalities)" Interesting, huh? B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.