I am not a "Cyclist" (and most Dutch people aren't either)

I am not a "cyclist", but I do ride a bicycle almost every day ... along with hundreds of other people who are also not "cyclists".

One thing I really appreciate about the Netherlands is that there is no stigma or group dynamics to riding a bicycle. There's no "bicycle culture" in the Netherlands, just like there's no "shoe culture" for people who walk where you live. It's just another option that you can use if it's more convenient (and it often is, due to properly designed road infrastructure).

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Red-light runner in Toronto
HighVis_T.O._Cyclist (Twitter)
https://twitter.com/highvis_cyclist

Speeding truck cuts dangerously close to vehicle and pedestrians
Toronto Drivers Exposed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putyl28Ct1I

HiMY SYeD - Car Crashes into RBC Royal Bank Branch Dundas St at University Ave Toronto March 14 2012 (CC/BY)
HiMYSYeD (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68CF9RsjoQ
Pedestrian struck and killed after driver mounts sidewalk in Scarborough
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-pedestrian-fatal-struck-1.4898673

Man dead after car mounts sidewalk in Toronto's Garden District
https://www.toronto.com/news-story/7481444-man-dead-after-car-mounts-sidewalk-in-toronto-s-garden-district/

Woman, 75, struck and killed by City of Toronto truck that lost control, mounted curb in Scarborough
https://www.cp24.com/news/woman-75-struck-and-killed-by-city-of-toronto-truck-that-lost-control-mounted-curb-in-scarborough-1.4937428

Driver who killed Erica Stark on Toronto sidewalk fined $1,000
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/erica-stark-toronto-pedestrian-conviction/article33212441/

No charges after driver mounts sidewalk, killing woman
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2016/06/14/no-charges-driver-mounts-sidewalk-killing-woman/

Toronto teacher killed in cycling accident
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-teacher-killed-in-cycling-accident-1.1161803

School teacher killed in morning hit-and-run
https://www.cp24.com/news/school-teacher-killed-in-morning-hit-and-run-1.1050652

Cycling safety: Tom Samson’s widow wants probe into teacher’s death reopened
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/07/22/cycling_safety_tom_samsons_widow_wants_probe_into_teachers_death_reopened.html

Toronto man’s three-month hit-and-run sentence enrages cycling advocates
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-man-to-serve-three-months-for-hit-and-run-that-killed-cyclist/article28134050/

Cyclists Vs Anti-Cyclists: The War of the Roads Is Back On
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm34q4/cyclists-vs-anti-cyclists-the-war-of-the-roads-is-back-on

Why do the media bang on about cyclists breaking the law?
https://www.campfireconvention.uk/node/8311

Cyklisters adfærd i signalregulerede kryds
https://api.vejdirektoratet.dk/sites/default/files/2019-05/Cyklisters%20adf%C3%A6rd%20i%20kryds.pdf

Naturalistic Bicycling Behavior Pilot Study
University of South Florida, Tampa - Center for Urban Transportation Research
https://trid.trb.org/view/1491424

Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational
Journal of Transport and Land Use
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26211757?mag=are-cyclists-reckless-lawbreakers&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Are Cyclists Reckless Lawbreakers?
https://daily.jstor.org/are-cyclists-reckless-lawbreakers/

Brake - the road safety charity
UK road casualties
https://www.brake.org.uk/facts-resources/1653-uk-road-casualties#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20five%20people%20die,broadly%20constant%20for%20several%20years.

UNBELIEVABLE ARROGANT DRIVER
Right Tobikeit (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjqewtS3eAE

KP17 LOD Punishment Pass and brake check - 27.09.18
Tom the Cyclist (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBIbkBKkz0

Ollie Cycles (Twitter)
https://twitter.com/Ollie_Cycles
https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnTheLiteralStreet

Jack Fifield (Twitter)
https://twitter.com/jackfifield

Warren Huska
https://www.facebook.com/warren.huska

Rolling Coal (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal

CoalRollingDaytona
Glenn Gunter (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKiq_RFTnU

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0:00 Intro
0:05 I am not a cyclist
0:38 My transportation life story
2:39 Becoming a cyclist
5:46 Bad policing
6:52 The cyclist / non-cyclist divide
8:21 Judging & punishing cyclists
10:37 Where we go from here
11:38 Conclusions
12:04 Patreon shout-out
12:17 Outro

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