Vredenburg, Utrecht. Busiest cycle path in the Netherlands [545]

[@C345OFR]

I used to think I was a fairly skilled cyclist. Now I realise I'm Level 1 and the Dutch are Level 10. Seriously, I'd be furious with some of the moves pulled in that video, but you guys are so expert that you're actually chill with it. Huge respect! Greets from Manchester, UK.

[@taerial879]

+EastStandMac. Enjoy this homevid from 1992 with Dutch kids between age 3 and 6, who play and chill with their bikes in their street like skilled artists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIelmJejZduWl7s Skip the final 1.5 minutes, but notice the girl on her mom's bike. When you have from a young age embedded cycling in your live and are able to ride a bike almost every day, you get very skilled (and cycling becomes a pleasant and useful habit).

[@C345OFR]

Thanks for that nostalgia. I was the same age (6) as some of those kids in 1992. I also had an all-blue BMX bike like the all-yellow one in the video. It got stolen and I didn't get another until I was 15. I suspect if I had grown up Dutch it would have been replaced immediately. It highlights the difference in cultural approach to bikes, I think. Hopefully it's beginning to change here, although *very* slowly. I would love to ride in the Netherlands!

[@brammeijboom1873]

our level 10 test is * cycling home * blind drunk * a case of beer on the front * a girl on the back * putting your raincoat on if you fall, you fail.

[@chuckievancarthago]

bram meijboom - extra points for: * flat tires * wobbly wheels * worn brakes

[@brankocollin]

The accents sound Belgian to me.

[@HansVerburg]

Great that you put in the comparison with the same street in 1966. Thats what I call progress!! I, as a proud dutch cyclist, don't realise often enough how quiet and clean our streets are because of all the cycling going on. Thanks for reminding me! :)

[@klausbrinck2137]

you live in paradise, and don´t even appreciate it? ts ts ts!

[@nielsrooiman772]

Klaus Brinck Becuse it’s normal for us

[@bluefishblitz9577]

I love how they merge and cross paths like it's no big deal.

[@donteatthechalk]

4:19 was insane skill from both those women.

[@Stijlloosert]

Just a natural instinct of a homo sapien ;)

[@MrEscen]

donteatthechalk or at 1:38

[@fam.vanveen3026]

because it's NOT a big deal... just your everyday commuting!

[@HelenaRG71]

unless when the scooters try to push through. Are they still allowed on the cycle paths?

[@gavin-russell.]

I really want more videos like this. It’s really calming and it’s just so interesting to watch. Please make more and make them longer than an hour!

[@alexjeremic9580]

The Netherlands are the smartest in controlling traffic and pollution and keep the streets safe

[@taerial879]

Just humans using built-in navigation system!

[@tergy]

We're one of the most polluting countries in the EU lol. But the infrastructure is nice, yes

[@ChrisTenalach77777]

There have no other choice there are the crowded country in the world

[@daniel1RM]

@@ChrisTenalach77777 evidence?

[@daniel1RM]

@@ChrisTenalach77777 also it doesnt matter, places that are more crowded dont have good traffic policies, like almost none

[@JakeBuckeye]

What a peaceful and efficient movement of a large number of people. I'm both impressed and jealous!

[@danrkelly]

I can watch this over and over and over. It's a dream.

[@corpeno]

so relaxing to watch

[@Stickie111]

So relaxing, I'd totally watch the 10 hour version.

[@braindump1446]

me too, beats ANYTHING currently on TV.

[@dznm10]

I think this place has got the highest bike per capita in the world. You can't even see crashing to each other even in busy hours.Dutch people are very skilled men and women riding their bikes.

[@chappywookie]

This is why the Netherlands are ahead of the rest if the world

[@zekeferrante5039]

Holland is ideal for biking: the whole country is as flat as a pool table. Cities and towns are tight and compact and are not terribly far from one another. Add to this that cars and gas cost a fortune, and you have an ideal situation for adapting the bike to urban living.

[@vanwanderer9784]

Chappy-Wookie rest of the world doesn't have Netherlands' weather and flat terrain.(not hot in summer and not too cold in winter.)furthermore cycling makes country cleaner and people healthier .but it doesn't make country ahead-advanced.

[@michaelmymichael9106]

Zeke, their cities are compact, because they didn’t allow the automobile to take over.

[@bymicromize]

michael mymichael It almost happened. But protesters tried to stop it and they succeeded, thankfully.

[@captainchaos3667]

The Dutch cycle because of the infrastructure. It may be flat, but that does mean it is very windy which more than makes up for it, and yet people keep cycling. And it may be nice cycling weather most of time, but it does get very hot, or very cold, or very wet some of them and then also people keep cycling. If you build the infrastructure so that cycling becomes safe and convenient, people will cycle everywhere.

[@MrEscen]

I like the comparison at 0:28 from 1966. That's progress.

[@Mikolaj_u]

One day the rest of the world will catch up... got to keep believing

[@sl600rt]

The rest of the world has these things called hills. Cycling works for the dutch, because they have a small, dense, and flat country.

[@syarifairlangga4608]

My place is very flat but full of mud and dirt i think peolle would use MTB here

[@edewaal97]

@Daan Made in Holland In the Netherlands you can get a bike for as low as 50 bucks. That is the main reason why you see so much bikes. They are cheap, so everyone is able to afford one. It is actually true that having no hills is an advantage over many countries. What I am amazed by (as a "Nederlander") is that it our street design is just normal for us. We don't appreciate it that much as we should. I just realized how amazing it was after getting to see videos like this on KZbin. It's just amazing how save traveling is in relation to how quick it is. I love it, awsome!

[@sarthakgavali2857]

It's great to see so many people using cycles freely and by will. That's a great commitment. Congratulations to the Dutch people. It is a great solution to the problem of traffic, pollution and health that many countries like india are facing

[@AudieHolland]

Dutch using their bicycles is a long tradition that had little to do with commitment. If you couldn't afford a car or motorbike, the regular bicycle was the only way for you to get somewhere at short and medium ranges. Dutch kids learning how to use a bicycle is their first step in reconnoitering more of the environment around them without having to rely on their parents to drive them by car. So to most Dutch, driving a bicycle comes natural. When I was a kid, there were mostly 'advisory' bikelanes, that were just painted lines on the roadsurface which you had to share with cars going 50 Km/h. Much safer now of course. The great thing about people using their bikes also more for getting their daily groceries is that local stores are very much popular again. I remember that when cars were still seen as the main mode getting your groceries, local stores had a difficult time because most people would take the car and drive all the way to the city center, ignoring the local stores.

[@daniel1RM]

@@AudieHolland im pretty sure many of the people of this places could own a car if they wanted, aside from the government rightly making it harder for you to own a personal car, its just better to use a bike

[@effyleven]

It seems to me that a lot more PEOPLE are passing through that street, now that they are not all wrapped in a big metal box. Not just because bicycles are smaller, but because there can be less space *between* them.

[@klausbrinck2137]

That is the central idea to begin with, after all

[@Thomass7586]

This was fantastic to see. Thank you for sharing 🚲

[@KJSvitko]

Everyone looks so relaxed and happy. Every city should do more to encourage bicycle transportation.

[@baronjutter]

They practically need a fly-over for that left turn. But of course at these speeds and without a surrounding shell of steel signals are not needed, just eye-contact and basic human interaction.

[@MisFellatio]

so, they dont need a fly over

[@geinspireerddoormarx9731]

Jarren Butterworth The waiting area for the left turn should be bigger.

[@klausbrinck2137]

A surrounding shell of steel signals are a waste of material and money, this system is based on trust! The less trust there is, the more SUVs you´ll see.

[@daan260]

they have fly-overs in a lot of places and I'm pretty sure there actually are a couple of them on this bike lane.

[@Hadegel]

beautiful people, nice bicycles.

[@iwanvanrienen6466]

Great video! Please note the intersection in this video looks dangerous due to the point of the view of the camera. On a bike yourself you'll have a better view of the surroundings, even tourists can do this on a rental bike without problems, in a worst case scenario you'll hear the cling of a bell, if that is not sufficient we will brake for you. Finally we don't wear helmets on the bike in The Netherlands because we don't need them, sight is troubled and helmets are hopeless and unfeasible.

[@alex2143]

As a comparison: the busiest overall road in the Netherlands is the A10, the highway that circles Amsterdam, which carries somewhere between 100k and 200k cars per day on average, depending on where you count. If you add up all of the lanes that pass through there, you get 14 lanes. Now not all of those lanes are A10, but it's still a pretty damn busy intersection. So this one bike path, with no signals, no special raised intersections, no runoff areas, no massive right-of-ways, is able to carry a traffic load that doesn't quite match, but is pretty damn close to, the amount of traffic passing through massive highways, at a fraction of the cost, with a fraction of the required footprint, and being a lot more safer and pleasant to be around. Imagine an 8 lane highway passing right next to your house, and compare it with this. Utrecht in general is one of the best places to bike. It also has the biggest and busiest train station in the Netherlands, and due to its central location the rest of the country is very easy to reach by train. So the train station empowers those cyclists to get anywhere in the country easily and comfortably. As a Dutchman, I take this stuff for granted some of the time. I just take it as self evident that you can take the bike somewhere safely and quickly.

[@Patrick94GSR]

Utrecht, the land of one huge, never ending group bicycle ride!

[@keithbeal1214]

Dude....the dutch cyclists are beasts on 2 wheels! Love it and no body got flipped the bird (middle finger) or cursed! I so wish our transportation would migrate to cycling and high speed rail on longer routes. We are so "locked" to our vehicles and gov't in here in the U.S. politians pockets are filled by big oil and car manufacturer's!!!

[@WvhKerkhof]

Bike manifacturers pay more in the Netherlands.

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

Hope things get better, and I know the US can do great things in terms of making change so I have every confidence it can happen. Rooting for you guys!

[@mourlyvold7655]

@@WvhKerkhof Let's see some numbers, please. Hollow statements won't do it...

[@simonburton505]

Absolutely fantastic cycle network I love the dutch

[@telemans107]

i have visited netherland in 09/2018 for a week :best people ,best country in europe.

[@TimpBizkit]

The thing with the 1966 view is that you'd think it would be 5 bicycles to 1 car for the same amount of people, but because everyone has a different journey, often you only have 1 or 2 people in a car, so the road is needlessly busy. You can also hear a lot more nature sounds as it is considerably quieter save for the occasional 2 stroke scooter sound, though i am not sure how necessary they are to roll along at 10 mph on the flat.

[@kolbpilot]

After reading some of the comments I had to chime in. The 1966 flashback were my kind of cars, for I was 8 yrs. old living in Baarn with Oma, and cycling as well back then, but also enamored with cars (Oma had a DaF). Where I live in the mid-west of USA has bike paths, which are quite popular and busy, but more as a health recreation versus primary travel. Where I lived on the east coast of Virginia before moving had no bike paths. Old school America, designed for the car.

[@Buildbeautiful]

Just got back to dublin from here,i was so impressed i wish my city could be like this but we have so many lazy people using cars to travel a few km.

[@Saurabh-vs4oz]

I wish my country was this much environment-friendly.

[@taerial879]

First world infrastructure!

[@albernal6653]

The woman in brown making a left turn (at 4'18") did a niffy maneuver which would have started a fist fight here in the US but it bothered nobody over there

[@tiborkrakkai9895]

F@k...I want to move there. Tomorrow! Today! YESTERDAY!!!!

[@KiliGraphics]

It is crazy how cool and intrested i am in this. Should be everywhere in the world where (big) cities exist

[@gerardophetinternet]

They need to widen the cycle path and add more lanes! :)

[@ghostshadow2956]

Can you do a video of the crossroad of De Oude Gracht/Lange Viestraat straat on a saturday afternoon? Very busy with lots of cyclists and pedestrians eating a 'Broodje Mario".

[@indrasenkumarjaiswal]

Really Amazing

[@georgia7723]

I'd bike everywhere if we had cycle lanes like that in New Zealand. Sadly you risk death on the roads here with all the cars.

[@billmacrae1924]

Wow! No mountain bikes, no "road" bikes, lots of useful bikes.

[@ECsponger2]

Not a single helmet! I love it!

[@islamn799]

Wow, so nice discipline city.nobody can show their pride or richest action. all are equally lifestyle. I want to go there.how can I go there?

[@lienbijs1205]

@@Noviomagus024 That is simply not true. The king doesn't need to be on a waiting list to get a surgery and he also wouldn't die because new expensive medicines are not available for him. You are either a storymaker or just very naïve. I rather think the first option.

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

Not sure where you are and how you can go here, but you sound like a wonderful person and I hope you're well!

[@youserawaiting3876]

"how can I go there?" By bike maybe?

[@aucourant9998]

Can you imagine if all those buses were electric powered...the quietness.

[@nlbergsma]

Diesel buses are rapidly replaced by electric ones these days. But now a lot of people are complaining that they can't stand the whining of the electro-engine....

[@klausbrinck2137]

No cars were harmed in the making of this video. Or even ever needed...

[@ActNormalKid]

Just so relaxing to watch.. then I'm transported back to the cycling shitshow that's Chicago. It's getting better here though!

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

I'd love to visit Chicago! Even more if the cycling infrastructure is good, rooting for you guys!

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

if car drivers were to merge into traffic like this you'd hear horns, people would be swerving around the joining traffic, and everyone would end up stopping. ...But on a bike, just find a gap and go, no one panics!

[@oreosaysb00]

AceRidesBikes I'd get pissed off because if you turn left, you should yield to oncoming traffic and they didn't do that in this video

[@marcvanderwee]

+oreosaysb00: If people are used to this kind of traffic, it is just a way of guessing to make a left turn without interrupting oncoming traffic. That is what you see in this video.. The left turn is made just before the oncoming traffic is there, however it looks close. But if a cyclist has to slow down a bit here in the Netherlands, in such a case, he/she doesn't mind.. ;-) Road rage between cyclists is really very, very rare here. I hope it will always be like that as well!

[@In1998able]

what no helmets!!! oh I don't wear one either.

[@dashcameraro2031]

Really nice , that means health.

[@HassanDibani]

Just imagine the noise and pollution if these were all cars.

[@tilu3303]

I could not find a single helmet, which reminded me of how much liberty we have surrendered in the supposedly "free" country of the U.S.

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

​@EnigmaDrath To add to that, I am not opposed to helmets to an extreme extent, but do think that helmets in general discourage people from cycling. When you have to put a helmet on to hop on the bike, and string it along to the office/nightclub, it's just one more hurdle and people are more likely to go by car. And I understand people who say ' yeah well, too bad for them, safety first' but when you have such good/safe cycling infrastructure as we have, "not discouraging cycling by making it even safer" does become a factor to take into account. (Especially when helmets/safety is not clearcut, as some studies demonstrate car drivers do pass closer to cyclists who wear helmets.)

[@zeroninethirteen]

Now I want to live there ❤️

[@overdose5260]

...the perfect city...great!

[@alevandet5377]

Wishing California had this.

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

Wel this looks prity decent,for America biking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3rXZ5yYmaZgqMk

[@krupalsanghavi9388]

This is perfect solution to traffic and vehicle pollution.

[@brucewayne3141]

Only if NYC had dedicated streets like this.

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

The had All Dutch streets back in 1650 in new Amsterdam. Only the waalstraat is left. Ore Wall street.

[@michiccn4725]

😍 perfect

[@islamn799]

Thanks

[@MisFellatio]

Watch 4:15 onwards for the best part.

[@marcvanderwee]

I love the part between 1.35 and 1.40 the most! Something with the woman in blue top and my heartbeat... ;-)

[@HelderNobre10]

I love Holand!!!!

[@In1998able]

It's in the province of Utrecht not in Holland

[@sjoerdvelzen8255]

@In1998able Utrecht is the capital city of the province Utrecht and lays in a country called The Netherlands AKA Holland. There is no province called Holland. We do have provinces called North- and South-Holland. But when someone mentions holland, its obvious he's talking about The Netherlands and not about the two provinces.

[@vladimir.zlokazov]

Poor pedestrians trying to get across :) good to have that painted island there.

[@oreosaysb00]

Vladimir Zlokazov Or maybe a crosswalk

[@MRT1TRM]

The general policy is to remove cross walks from busy cycle paths. This is because it gives pedestrians way of right (and they will take it). If they don't have a cross walk they are more careful with crossing and it becomes safer for both parties. And as you just saw in the video they are still able to cross without to much trouble :)

[@HelenaRG71]

Yeah you just have to be fast. What about an elderly or somehow slower person not able to run?

[@MRT1TRM]

Most people will stop if they see someone who has difficulties with crossing the path. Dutch people aren't that mean to each other. don't worry :)

[@brammeijboom1873]

+HelenaRG71 You go around them, if they going to cross and keep up their pace everyone pass them left and right. Hardest is the ppl that are new to it and change their speed or direction then the bikers don't know if they need to go left or right. the dude on the phone at 1.12 does it the 'right' way, just start walking, knowing that any bikers will swerve around him

[@qgames792]

and the buses are electric yep

[@roy_hks]

qgames They drive on H2O in some other Dutch cities🤔

[@kevonvideo]

Currently there are 2 battery electric bus lines in Utrecht. They are charged at either end of the line by overhead pantograph. Unfortunately Utrecht is quite a bit behind places like Eindhoven and Schiphol that have much larger fleets of electric busses.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

@@roy_hks H2 that gets 'burned' to H2O. H2O is the 'waste' they produce.

[@timmbo8039]

[@taerial879]

Germany is infected by the holy helmet hysteria from the US. So, trust in a car-centric infrastructure in stead of a people-centric infrastructure...

[@scruf153]

Ameica still does not have this and why?

[@james-p]

Aaaah, it's so quiet!

[@pramonoy8797]

lovely

[@switzerlandch4986]

Imagine if most of them were using cars! It would be noisy and the air would be worse, and it'd need way more space for automobiles.

[@cika012]

I wish Budapest were more like this

[@daleschattauer94]

Einfach ganz große Klasse, so-etwas bekommen wir Deutsche nicht hin. Schade. Bei uns ist man leider nur aufs 🚗 Auto fokussiert 😢.

[@csl2583]

Do you think that it gets potholes with all that use?

[@taerial879]

Potholes are a rarity in The Netherlands (with their First World infractructure).

[@klausbrinck2137]

A great joke! Sustainability is just one of the side effects in the Netherlands...

[@h.r.c.jansen4159]

Sustainability is key and Whats damaged will be repaired right away.

[@hanszlh6522]

@@h.r.c.jansen4159 - nou - nou , mischien in Utrecht

[@deinemudda1049]

Just imagine some funny Architects deciding to replace the junction with a roundabout...

[@roroflowazoro]

iove ths way all the bike flow

[@femychris3033]

cycling is such great exercise. I bet 90% of the population is clinically fit.

[@johanneskorver2402]

Can you imagine if they would be driving a car instead, L.A. freeway ?

[@tomcatt1824]

Of all de bike's i only seen 1 with drop bars & 1 with flat bars

[@ltbaspotter]

What is brand of front child seat with windshield?

[@beenker]

I think it's called Yepp: en.hollandbikeshop.com/bicycle-seat/yepp-bicycle-seats/yepp-bicycle-seat/yepp-windscreen/gmg-windscreen-yepp/

[@henkoosterink8744]

Maybe Bobike?

[@athulaloysius3466]

There were some using mopeds. Is it allowed.

[@beingnonbeingincludesexistence]

Unfortunately yes, mopeds with a blue number plate can ride on bycicle lanes. Yellow numberplates on the road

[@iwanbonnen]

All right THAT one didn't go too well 1:37. Almost ended in a collision.

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

Look at 4:19 ... a margin of less than 0,1[s]

[@iwanbonnen]

@@Michiel_de_Jong Yes, thanks for pointing that one out! That was even closer! I must have missed it at first ^^

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@Michiel_de_Jong That's the art of city cycling. Seamless..

[@dp5581]

Why are they use this oldish type bikes? They can easily afford a good loking KTM, Cube, Gepida, Trek, Scot or something. Is there any reason for that?

[@dp5581]

Thank you for the answer!

[@Pfooh]

The 'upright' bikes are not necessarily 'old'. Just like walking boots are different from running shoes, and your daily shoes might just be comfortable for walking around town. The style of these bikes is best suited for the 'getting around'-style of cycling that the dutch do: Good fenders to protect you from the rain, closed chain case, sturdy luggage rack. Upright position helps in maneuvering through heavy traffic. Dutch bikes are sturdy. Necessarily so, because they are heavily used, crammed into small bike racks, used to carry passengers, often left outside 24/7. Don't be deceived by the looks, there's a ton of technology in them, and most are technically well advanced over anything you mention. Quite often, they might be just as expensive as well. However, you'll also find many older bikes. Especially when left at train stations, around universities or in city centers, where bike theft is still a problem. Many choose to have a bike that's easily replaced and opt for something older. Also, many people own multiple bikes. If you go racing or mountain biking in the weekends, you'd own a separate bike for that, clad yourself in lycra, put on a helmet and hit the road. But unless you live in the city center, you wouldn't show up in this video. Make a video on a scenic route on a Sunday afternoon, and you'd see very differently styled bikes.

[@dp5581]

I see your point and its understandable. Thank you!

[@MrEscen]

Daniel P... I do have a Cube bike for offroad trips but ride a normal bike for daily use...and I forgot often I have a car, he's waiting for days (sometime weeks).

[@Whistler4u]

We dress for the destination, not for the journey.

[@KJSvitko]

Every city should use this as a template for emissions free transportation.

[@Darkone55y]

At what time was this recorded?

[@PjotrStroganov]

Even helemaal unrelated: ik scroll naar onderen en zie een bekende username staan. Volgens mij van het Gamer.nl (liquidbunny) forum en misschien ergens in een vriendenlijst:P

[@Darkone55y]

Hah, dat is grappig, dat zou kunnen, ik zat ooit wel op t forum van GNL. Al was ik nooit actief op Liquid Bunny. Ben jij liquidbunny, of iemand anders van GNL?

[@PjotrStroganov]

Darkone55 ik ben Cloud van gnl en liquidbunny. Op een of andere manier heb ik het idee dat ik je naam recenter heb gezien. Misschien in een racegame ofzo:P Anyway, fietsers kijken is ook leuk.:)

[@Darkone55y]

Haha, geniaal. Ja, gnl, dat kan zeker. Als 't een racegame is is het vast Assetto Corsa. Anyway. Ja, ik woon vlak bij dit fietspad, maar meestal is het niet zo druk als in deze video. Aan het licht te zien is het eind van de middag, was benieuwd hoe laat precies.

[@BicycleDutch]

Between 4 and 5 pm on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

[@lkjina]

i love how some of the more obvious immigrants were biking as well. just lovely.

[@mourlyvold7655]

Second, third and forth generation. Raised on bikes like all of us.

[@00bikeboy]

I saw a total of one overweight person in this 5 minute clip. I wonder if all this activity reveals itself in terms of the overall health of the population and health care costs.

[@taerial879]

00bikeboy. Yes, also the Health Department is involved to maintain and promote the cycling culture. Obese is a rarity. According to Dutch doctors: cycling is an efficient, healthy and safe way of walking.

[@robertrijkers4923]

in 2016 14.2% of the dutch over 18years has obesitas (while 25% of lowest educated dutch over 25years is obese) and 49.2% is overweight...imagine how high it would be if we didn't have a cycling culture (www.volksgezondheidenzorg.info/onderwerp/overgewicht/cijfers-context/huidige-situatie#node-overgewicht-volwassenen www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2016/14/kwart-van-laagst-opgeleiden-heeft-obesitas)

[@Kim-kl8sx]

Bf would use a bike trailer to go shopping with. 😎

[@piet3116]

Where is me ?

[@joelweng5329]

This one little 10-foot bike path carries more people than a 4-lane highway, or a 6-lane stroad with traffic lights. Go figure

[@johndorian7564]

Not a single obese person! Amazing

[@regularwarya]

I lived there fir about two year and i was really amazed how fit and tall the ethnic dutch are . I am 1.87 CM but nothing compared to most of the guys there .

[@derekl9702]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIO0o36GbsZjjqc I found one.

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

Pretty sure i saw one

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

@@derekl9702 Yeah, that guy is about as round as we get. Respect to him for taking his bike like the rest of us. Slow and steady on a bike is the way to lose some pounds and be kind to your knees and ankles.

[@furtfurt]

@@Cl0ckcl0ck yes, when I see a fat person exercising I become proud of them. Not as easy to exercise when overweight.

[@ezghthrt7733]

2:00 scooters are allowed to ride on cycle paths?!

[@user-cx5ni7me6l]

yes, and they are sometimes quite annoying, however there are also scooter drivers are responsible normal drivers (motors are not allowed).

[@Grunn007]

@@user-cx5ni7me6l We have two kind of scooters. One kind doens't go faster than 25 KM, and one that can go 50km/h. Second one is not allowed one Cycle paths.

[@heineijssen5344]

have u seen de Grote Markt in the Hague at a saturday... comparable or worse

[@MisFellatio]

watch 1:38, slow down to 0,5 and watch the guy in shorts, guy in red shirt and girl on red bike for some awesome biking traffic interaction

[@huibroggenkamp5405]

The awesome reaction speed of the girl in the blue top was even better, she got caught blindsided by the guy in the shorts

[@marcvanderwee]

The girl on the red bike should be forbidden to cycle for 5 years for dangerous and 'unlawful' riding as she 'endangered' both the oncoming girl in blue top as well as the man in red shirt.

[@maaiker2977]

Normally we use hand signals to let people cycling behind us know what we are about to do. Even little kids know them. When you want to make a turn you are supposed to stick your arm out in the direction you will turn to in a minute...like a turn signal on a car. 👈👉To prevent you making a left turn and the person behind you goes strait and slams into you...very important if the person behind you is in a car! That prevents the cyclists zipping infront of cars situations you see in the states..our cars know what the cyclists will do before they do it. Saves us A LOT of dead cyclists. And if you are planning to make a sudden stop or are slowing down we have a signal for that as well. But apparently in big cities people don't use them anymore. But using these signals would have prevented that girl from almost slamming into the guy that suddenly stopped. If he wanted to make a left turn he should have stuck his arm out signalling to oncoming cyclists that he wants to cross so that they could slow down to give him the space to cross. And the girl behind him would have been warned that way. Its a system in the netherlands...cycling isn't just the ability to peddle here... which is why people coming here sometimes get into an accident while cycling. Not cause its not safe but they are unaware of the cycling rules and fuck up and get themselves hurt. But besides that, always be alert when in traffic...just cause its safe doesn't mean someone can't overlook you or something.

[@bodhid]

Red bike shouldn't be passing on the outside and should be more patient. She is a klootzaak.

[@marcvanderwee]

Klootzak?? Hm, she is a kutwijf! Kutwijf is Dutch for fucking bitch or something similar... ;-)

[@PoserBallin]

aspirational

[@allgoo1964]

Are mopeds allowed in bicycle lane?

[@boxie001]

that depends on what kind of moped. 25KM mopeds are allowed only amsterdam started to ban 25KM mopeds from the cycle path now, it might change nation wide.

[@AlbionTarkhan]

Looked way cooler in 1966

[@mourlyvold7655]

Being cool is not the point, really...

[@pygmalion1963]

while watching this I thinking about the law in the UK and how far behind we are since the law last was updated the UK technology has moved on with light and e-bikes we have cycle path in the UK no laws to stop people parking on them and just recently we had the scape goating of cyclist hit and killed a pedestrian we need a complete overhaul of the laws in the UK to define the responsibilities of all parties that's motorists cyclist and pedestrians

[@dundeedideley1773]

No road bikes in sight

[@poe5418]

F**k it. I'm moving to the Netherlands.

[@robbob7444]

At 4:20 from the right... Ö,ö

[@NiekKuijpers]

What is it?

[@corkamstra3909]

There's always one: 2:06 squeak squeak

[@ynotnilknarf39]

Could do with some more patience from the cyclists towards pedestrians, even the mother with the pram had to rush across because no-one slowed down.

[@user-cx5ni7me6l]

I usually slow down for mothers with babies, however other bikers could bump into you from the back when you stop and its a bike lane (of course). you wouldn't run over a busy car road with your child. You would look for a zebra crossing or something. Anyways I do agree that people should slow down sometimes, especially for old people! have a wonderful day

[@valentijnraw]

the mother rushed because she didn't want to slow the cyclists down since she was crossing a cyle path. just common social behavior in NL

[@klausbrinck2137]

For sure 20m before or after this crossroads, a pedestrian cann cross slowly and safe, BUT this is the busiest crossing of the country! I guess, in the busiest crossing in your country, cars stop always when a pedestrian suddently wants to cross??? Every 2,3seconds on average (even in the night), a bike crosses, that really is high frequented, you cannot stop that for a pedestian, just because he wants to cross just at that busiest point! Be logic.

[@raheem201231]

I feel like a traffic light system would work better. Bike turning left looks like an accident about to happen

[@driewiel]

Maybe you need traffic lights in your house so you don't crash into family members?

[@mourlyvold7655]

O, please. Flow is the main reason this works. And peripheral awareness...

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

You might think so, but that is not the case. The most difficult point of biking is the getting on and off and getting yourself up to speed. For a traffic light people have to stop and that cause much more problems. This system keeps the flow going seamlessly.

[@kizzofdeathz]

I wonder why they r riding motorcycle without wearing a helmet

[@martijnvv8031]

we like living on the edge....

[@MrEscen]

Wei Kheng Eng...we are using very thick air density close to the ground breaking your fall, and we use very fluffy asphalt soften the moment of impact... and for people riding a motorcycle with almost no brain it's not mandatory to wear a helmet... there is nothing to be damage.;)

[@onkl]

Great answers, obviously completely correct, but a small additional detail is overlooked here. In the Netherlands, we have three classes of motorcycles: Normal motorcycle: Basically considered equal to a car, but obviously the driver should wear a helmet. "Bromfiets" (Moped): Max speed of 45 kmh, driver should wear helmet, rides on bikelanes outside the city and on carlanes inside. "Snorfiets" (No idea what the English word might be): Max speed of 25, no helmet needed, always rides on the bikelane.

[@brankocollin]

For the same reason they are riding without a sword.

[@zekeferrante5039]

Has anyone noticed that nobody is wearing a helmet? Is that because (a) the Dutch are natural daredevils; (b) the streets are so flat and smooth that no one ever falls off their bike; (c) as cyclists the Dutch are just that damn good; or (d) Dutch heads are tougher than other heads?

[@marcvanderwee]

I guess it is d.. ;-) Well, helmets are not necessary here as we cycle very good. And if someone falls off his/her bike, the person usually hit his/her knees and/or elbows. Head injuries as a result of bike accidents are rare here...

[@beenker]

It's mostly because cycling in this setting is used to get from A to B in the most comfortable way. No need for helmets or lycra, because the idea is not to exercise and go as fast as possible, but to get to work, school, friends without getting to sweaty at a modest pace and without a change of clothing or bulky helmets.

[@martijnvv8031]

Because of : A B C and D ! And indeed, helmets are useless pieces of plastic that give a false sense of safety. If you fall then most of the time you get abrasions on the palms of your hands and some on the knees.

[@tarquinmidwinter2056]

People who cycle here as a sport do wear helmets, but these people are just going about their day to day activities in a relaxed way, so no need for helmets. Most accidents in the Netherlands happen in the home, but we don't wear helmets to do the washing up. (I'm British but living in the Netherlands btw.)

[@oostwest3618]

If I had to ride a bike only through motorised vehicles daily without ever having a cycle path I sure would wear a helmet and other protection. In winter with icy conditions I still don't wear a helmet but sometimes do lower my seat an inch or 2.

[@savagescf]

No helmets at all...

[@gspkmr]

Where are the cars? People stopped using the cars completely?

[@mourlyvold7655]

In the garage untill you need it...