Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
The stats about how much more dangerous it is in the USA than Germany or the Netherlands is interesting. I suspect much of that is due to drivers being more respective of cyclists. Perhaps their cyclists respect the rules of the road more too.
Don't know about Gemany- But National law protects the cyclist in the Nederlands. If a car and a cyclist have an accident- It will be the car driver at fault- unless it is proved that the Cyclists was in the wrong. And that rarely happens.
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