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Tuesday 1 October 2013

Dutch Roundabout Is It Safer?

Interesting youtube of a Dutch roundabout in Amsterdam.

Roundabouts are notorious places for cyclists, and I'd like to know how the Dutch find their roundabouts compared to cycling on the road in the UK. I'd expect these to be much safer, but I was quite shocked watching the footage as many motorists are failing to give way and cutting bikes/mopeds up quite badly.
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Really bad ones
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- two cars fail to give way, second women is nearly knocked off and has to stop and recompose herself before carrying on
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Trucks cant see the cyclist coming from there right because of the blind spot, as the driver is on the left of the cab
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