A native of the Netherlands questions whether she will ever ride a bike again after getting hit by drivers twice since moving to Australia five years ago.
Jeez that's some shit luck. I've been hit once in 40 years. ( dickhead didn't look when backing out) and i ride pretty heavily
Hang on. The first one she details is a collision with a cyclist , not a car. So she's complaining about one driver failing to give way at an intersection.
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vas @lemmy.ml - 3w
I this she's arguing for road awareness. She says:
the road was not lit (happens in NL too by the way)
the other cyclist was on the wrong side of the road
the other cyclist had lights off (!)
education:
Back home, my family never owned a car, so for the first 23 years of my life, the bike was everything: school, groceries, even carrying passengers or furniture. Children in the Netherlands must pass a cycling traffic exam at school
TL&DR; it's not a car blame post. It's a road awareness one
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Taleya - 3w
I'll be honest, a rider barelling down the wrong side with no lights or helmet is not going to get "more aware"
We know these dickheads.
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tuff_wizard - 4w
As someone whose been to Amsterdam and lives in Australia I wonder how much of this was cause by her Dutch riding experiences.
Over there bikes rule the road, in Australia you have to ride incredibly defensively.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 4w
This is a thought i had. The riding and road sharing culture is different here.
I think theres a way she can use her story of the two crashes and comparing the experiences of riding in both places to great effect though. The differences between the two places must be so huge, how the structure of the transport systems influences the culture, and reactions of individual road users to abnormal road behaviours. I think theres a lot someone like this could talk about.
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A native of the Netherlands questions whether she will ever ride a bike again after getting hit by drivers twice since moving to Australia five years ago.
https://www.newsport.com.au/2025/november/after-two-crashes-a-cyclist-speaks-out-on-road-safety-in-douglasJeez that's some shit luck. I've been hit once in 40 years. ( dickhead didn't look when backing out) and i ride pretty heavily
Hang on. The first one she details is a collision with a cyclist , not a car. So she's complaining about one driver failing to give way at an intersection.
I this she's arguing for road awareness. She says:
TL&DR; it's not a car blame post. It's a road awareness one
I'll be honest, a rider barelling down the wrong side with no lights or helmet is not going to get "more aware"
We know these dickheads.
As someone whose been to Amsterdam and lives in Australia I wonder how much of this was cause by her Dutch riding experiences.
Over there bikes rule the road, in Australia you have to ride incredibly defensively.
This is a thought i had. The riding and road sharing culture is different here.
I think theres a way she can use her story of the two crashes and comparing the experiences of riding in both places to great effect though. The differences between the two places must be so huge, how the structure of the transport systems influences the culture, and reactions of individual road users to abnormal road behaviours. I think theres a lot someone like this could talk about.