How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by kalleboo on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:55AM (#17865761)

When and where was this? Just curious. In the early 90's in the US at age 8-9 I was allowed to ride all around the neighborhood and to school, as long as I was with a friend and not alone. We moved to Europe in 1995 and by then most people had stopped trick-or-treating in the neighborhood due to the TV news scares of razor blades in apples and whatnot, it seemed like the public trust had hit rock bottom.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by Symbiote on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @07:51AM (#17867479)

UK, 1998.

My parents were very unusual, to the point that my friends' parents would lie to them to cover for me, but the practicalities meant I still couldn't do much of what they did. I didn't own a useful bike, didn't have money for the bus etc.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by magduf on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @01:04PM (#17869847)

Today, in the US, it's flatly illegal for kids under the age of 12 to be unsupervised in public in many states, including Virginia.

It wasn't like this here when I was growing up.

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