Cycling in the UK - what you should consider before you start

[Peter Korsten]

Op 17-2-2012 21:32, Andrew Tarpinian schreef:

> Though they have put in tons of new bike lanes that are separated from the road by parked cars and/or dividers, almost like a mini road for bikes. This has caused tons of problems, most non-cyclists think they are hell spawn put there by satan himself.

The Netherlands are very good at bike lanes. Helpfully, usually the bike 
lanes are a reddish brown.

In Amsterdam, though, this means that tourists think that those funny 
Dutch have two different colours of pavement, and will just step into a 
bike lane to look at a particularly interesting façade (after all, 
they're under the protection of the Tourist Shield of Invulnerability 
(+100) spell, like young girls in short skirts are), forcing you to 
brake hard.

- Peter