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From: rob@nitrex.UUCP (rob robertson)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Car driver asks for advice from bicyclists
Message-ID: <153@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 14:00:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 27 14:00:02 1985
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References: <354@sol1.UUCP> <55@noscvax.UUCP> <1023@druxo.UUCP> <95@utastro.UUCP>
Reply-To: rob@nitrex.UUCP (rob robertson)
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Keywords: bike paths, the Netherlands
Summary: bike paths in the Netherlands

In article <95@utastro.UUCP> bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) writes:
>I don't object to bike paths as long as they are part of the road.  I
>refuse to use a bike path that is separated from the roadway, since
>they subject me to the same dangers that sidewalks do.  The dangers
>of separate bike paths have been well documented.

I lived in the Netherlands for four year.  They had bike paths and
they worked GREAT.  The path was right next to the sidewalk, usually
with a grass median between the bike path and the road.  The bike
paths week bricked/tiled and were very smooth and clean.  It beats
the H*ll out of riding in the roads.

I think that bike paths are not inherantly dangerous, I think it is
more the way drivers have been educated in this country ("thar's cars,
and kids shouldn't be riding their bikes in our road, they may get 
hurt").  Overall, I'd like to compare Dutch bicycle accident stats with
American ones.


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