abadidea on Nostr: Safety tip for visiting the Netherlands: is the sidewalk more red than gray? You’re ...

Safety tip for visiting the Netherlands: is the sidewalk more red than gray? You’re actually standing on a bike path. There’s usually a gray path parallel to it for walking. Bikes can come up very quickly and quietly.

If a road for cars is red all the way across, that means cars and bikes are expected to share it as equals. If you are driving a car, slow down on red pavement and pay extra attention for bikes.

Edit: if you have difficulty judging colors, note that the walking path will always be outermost, closest to houses and trees; next comes bike paths and then roads for cars are innermost