Netherlands cycle at least three times a week. 80 at least once a week. So all the car drivers are also cyclists and they know as they turn right that there is an 80 chance that they will cut off a cyclist if they dont look. So there is also safety by numbers. One last thing and that is about liability. When i hear about cycling in the u. S. , people say, oh, but cycling is so dangerous. And then we say, no, cycling is not dangerous. Cyclists hardly ever cause accidents. Cars cause accidents. Cars cause facilities and in the netherlands we have the philosophy that car drivers should realize that theyre in a machine that can kill. And also from that on responsibility in taking liability. If a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100 liable for whatever happens. And even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50 liability for the car driver. And when the car driver would say, but yeah, the cyclists
And also from that on responsibility in taking liability. If a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100 liable for whatever happens. And even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50 liability for the car driver. And when the car driver would say, but yeah, the cyclists made a very strange movement. Then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know thats about cycling. So you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just cant drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so thats important. Jurisdiction. There were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto it doesnt make any difference. Well, and one of the things is of course and i heard that the system in San Francisco of allotting schools to children makes it very difficult, but this is a picture from a primary sch
Say, but yeah, the cyclists made a very strange movement. Then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know thats about cycling. So you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just cant drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so thats important. Jurisdiction. There were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto it doesnt make any difference. Well, and one of the things is of course and i heard that the system in San Francisco of allotting schools to children makes it very difficult, but this is a picture from a primary school, start young so do everything to have children biking. Ok. [applause] thank you, hans. I see supervisor chiu in the back. We are especially lucky today because supervisor chiu wanted to be here with us and say a few welcoming remarks. He happens to be our own german marshall fellow. Honorable davis chiu. [applause] good morning.
Not dangerous. Cyclists hardly ever cause accidents. Cars cause accidents. Cars cause facilities and in the netherlands we have the philosophy that car drivers should realize that theyre in a machine that can kill. And also from that on responsibility in taking liability. If a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100 liable for whatever happens. And even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50 liability for the car driver. And when the car driver would say, but yeah, the cyclists made a very strange movement. Then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know thats about cycling. So you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just cant drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so thats important. Jurisdiction. There were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto
Philosophy that car drivers should realize that theyre in a machine that can kill. And also from that on responsibility in taking liability. If a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100 liable for whatever happens. And even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50 liability for the car driver. And when the car driver would say, but yeah, the cyclists made a very strange movement. Then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know thats about cycling. So you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just cant drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so thats important. Jurisdiction. There were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto it doesnt make any difference. Well, and one of the things is of course and i heard that the system in San Francisco of allotting sc