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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