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). Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://bunq.me/notjustbikes --- 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-wo