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Date:      Wed, 05 Nov 2003 09:06:47 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do hackers drive?
Message-ID:  <xzpy8uvp7c8.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <3FA8382F.50204@potentialtech.com> (Bill Moran's message of "Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:37:19 -0500")
References:  <20031104192215.GA848@online.fr> <xzp7k2frbm8.fsf@dwp.des.no> <3FA8382F.50204@potentialtech.com>

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Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > Bicycle-friendly, but lethal for pedestrians.  Dutch cyclists treat
> > pedestrians with the same contempt as drivers to cyclists in most
> > other countries...
> Are you serious?  That doesn't sound possible [...] I would
> think there is a certain amount of self-preservation that prevents
> cyclists from colliding with pedestrians.

That doesn't mean they *respect* pedestrians.  They generally treat
pedestrians like vermin invading their right-of-way (at least that's
what it felt like in Delft, though Amsterdam - or the parts of
Amsterdam I've been in - isn't nearly as bad)

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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