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Re:Don’t make bicyclists more visible. Make drivers stop hit... by maxerickson on Thursday April 16, 2015 @01:22PM (#9389356)
I was in the Netherlands, cycling on the path shown here:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3739+Hollandsche+Rading,+N...

I was cycling south on the bike path, against the flow of the traffic in the lane of the road closest to the path when a work van pulled into the path at speed and nearly killed me (I managed to move over into the median between the path and road in time to avoid a collision).

The rest of the bicycling scene was fantastic, but given my short period there, it was quite an experience to record.

Last time I mentioned this to a Nederlander they said I must not have had the awareness of a native (I did not link the location that time), but it seems clear enough that a vehicle had no business pulling onto that path to travel (of course they might pull across it into a house or whatever).

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