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I can testify. I went from my house in Northwest Mississauga down to a train station in Southwest Mississauga and it was 12km. I was able to use separated paths inside of Subdivisions, but there was some points where I was on a 4 lane stroad with not even a bike path

@@coastaku1954 4 car lane + 2 3ft pedestrian path, classic combo just like a trio~

Thoroughly agree, EastStandManc. I'm a Brit living in NL. It's cycling heaven here, whether you're doing it as a sport or just for commuting or shopping. Britain is rubbish in comparison.

Even worse in Ireland. As a cyclist, you mostly have to be an unwelcome guest on roads that are designed to let cars and trucks speed and get away with as much crap as they want, and share these roads with hostile car and truck users with a primitive hostile mindset towards cyclists. It's horrible.

Most people prefer cars because cyclist in england ride like the Highway Code does not apply to them

@@lucasbarton1773 In The Netherlands the cyclists and cars don't mix as much so this doesn't matter.

@@lucasbarton1773 And the biggest hurdle cyclists have to overcome is driver attitude towards them. Case in point.

The combination 'ij' is actually a single vowel in Dutch. A letter in our alphabet, next to but distinct from 'y'. The pronunciation is close to how an English speaker would say 'ai' or 'ey', and never like 'idge' or 'itch'. This is also the reason why both glyphs are in upper case when they're at the start of a proper name or geographical name (e.g. IJmuiden, IJsbrand).

H. vdG 40 K? or km? Bigly difference 😉

Ik hoop dat je nu al een beetje opgeschoten bent met het leren van onze taal.

Doesnt really matter, as long as it works properly. Bicycles are not fashion statements in here.

Um comentário em português! Como vai camarada?

*segregation perhaps is not the right word*

What's bad about Arnhem?

I dont get it sorry. I think Arnhem is a cool wee place

@@switzerlandch4986 There's a lot of historic rivalry between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Nijmegen was the largest city of the NL from before Roman times until the 12th century. Arnhem became the provincial capital in the Middle Ages and suppressed Nijmegen in several ways. The rivalry between the two has become a way of life for centuries.

in Germany, driving side-by-side is always vorbiden...

People who ride side-by-side are assholes. I've encountered these people many times and they take up the whole width of the cycle path or lane and I have to actively warn them I'm about to pass them.

@@Teutonius88 That's totally normal, what's the point of a bell on your bicycle then? Half of the pleasure of cycling for me comes from cycling together.

Then I see no future for speed pedelecs in the Netherlands. I would never buy a speed pedelec then because I would refuse to cycle on the road together with cars and trucks when there is a perfect cycle infrastructure. I am wondering what motorists are thinking seeing a bicycle on the road - that's how they look like - doing around 35 km max.! I have a speed pedelec myself and I cannot remember when I was able to made the maximum supported speed (45 km/h). This speed is very exhausting, so usually i am doing around 30, 35. (Inside the city often only 25...) And with that speed i should be on the road? Why not making a speed limit inside the city. Porsche's or Ferrari's are also allowed on streets with 30-km-speed limit although they can do 200 km/h. But I live in Switzerland, our cycle infrastructure in the citys is poor and nothing compared to the Netherlands, but speed pedelecs are allowed where regular bicycles or slower pedelecs are allowed and it works. And they are booming very much. Even the normal pedelecs are sold in high numbers (every 4th bicycle is a pedelec now).

panlomito Well, the debate on this topic isn't over. The elderly see this as a perfect opportunity to ban any fast cyclist (mopeds are already banned here) while it's proven lethal to ride as a vehicle among cars. See the video on this page at 6:00 deorkaan.nl/levensgevaarlijk-snelfietsen-door-wormerveer/ . Yep. This really looks like some British road rage to me. That's why the Dutch Cyclists Union (Fietsersbond) and the RAI Association raivereniging.nl/dossiers/speed-pedelec (these are the lobbyists for vehicle manufacturers) want to legalise these bikes on those "fietssnelwegen". After all, those paths are designed to cope with speeds up to 45 km/h. It's a pity if this money is going to be wasted if only slow recreational cyclists are going to use it.

Everything in this video you linked i could have predicted. Car drivers see a bicycle. I don't know how it's communicated in the Netherlands to motorists that they should now expect speed pedelecs on the road. (Do they know what a "speed pedelec" is?) And as nobody can make 45 km/h all the time (or simply never), car drivers will not understand what this cyclist is doing ont he road. If you do not change these laws, I foresee accidents with speed pedelecs on the road. And no helmet will save you if a car drivers rolls over you. As I said in my first post, i am usually doing 30, 35 km, that's a good speed where I do not get sweaty and exhausted. On a road, where cars can do 50 or more, I cycle on the side of the road (for sure not in the gutter, but it is also not allowed to cycle in the middle of the lane all the time!) so cars can overtake more easily. But there are still too many car drivers overtaking too close, so in a country, where there is such a fantastic bicycle infrastructure, i would refuse to cycle on the road.

@@HelenaRG71 A sign can be placed with speed padelacs aloud on bycicle paths. It is very annoying if you constantly have to get out of the way of those bikes because they are so fast.