The red circle with nothing in it at 4:50 means about the same in the Netherlands as it does in the UK. In this specific case, the bit of road it's next to has a contra-flow bus lane but no other vehicles are allowed to go in from that direction.
The round sign with the red border and white in the middle means the same. But it was for the bus lane that is on the left of you. The little white sign underneath it probably says ‘uitgezonderd bussen’ which means except buses.
The thing I hate most is that other people, foreigners, say that we are so dumb by not wearing helmets. And now that I watch more video's about cycling in other countries, I can understand that thought. Yes, of course it is better to wear a helmet. But our cycling culture is so different to countries where other roadusers aren't used to cyclists. I believe you put up a newspaperarticle about people who died cycling in one year, which was over 400 I believe. (I rewatched that bit and now I see that it is over 3 years. Our numbers are higher in those 3 years, but still, we cycle more) In 2022, 291 people were killed while riding a bicycle here. Still too much, but if you compare how much we cycle versus the numbers in Great Britain, it is pretty good.
I'm still very curious about driving in London. Might come over in the spring to experience that 🙂
The problem in the uk as most people dont cycle they temd to not understand what to do. Last year in Geneva when i noticed they had velo parks and thought how much space it safed over having cars
the best thing about Eindhoven and the Netherlands is actually that you don't need to drive a car!! it's often faster to move around with the combo public transport + bike, even more enjoyable than car riding imo :))
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The red circle with nothing in it at 4:50 means about the same in the Netherlands as it does in the UK. In this specific case, the bit of road it's next to has a contra-flow bus lane but no other vehicles are allowed to go in from that direction.
The round sign with the red border and white in the middle means the same. But it was for the bus lane that is on the left of you. The little white sign underneath it probably says ‘uitgezonderd bussen’ which means except buses.
The thing I hate most is that other people, foreigners, say that we are so dumb by not wearing helmets. And now that I watch more video's about cycling in other countries, I can understand that thought. Yes, of course it is better to wear a helmet. But our cycling culture is so different to countries where other roadusers aren't used to cyclists. I believe you put up a newspaperarticle about people who died cycling in one year, which was over 400 I believe. (I rewatched that bit and now I see that it is over 3 years. Our numbers are higher in those 3 years, but still, we cycle more) In 2022, 291 people were killed while riding a bicycle here. Still too much, but if you compare how much we cycle versus the numbers in Great Britain, it is pretty good.
I'm still very curious about driving in London. Might come over in the spring to experience that 🙂
Yessss!!! Love it! When I was driving in the UK with you it was something very different than what I'm used to😆
The problem in the uk as most people dont cycle they temd to not understand what to do. Last year in Geneva when i noticed they had velo parks and thought how much space it safed over having cars
the best thing about Eindhoven and the Netherlands is actually that you don't need to drive a car!! it's often faster to move around with the combo public transport + bike, even more enjoyable than car riding imo :))