Right here in The USA of America, USA, we discover the remainder of the world’s habits deeply complicated. Whether or not it’s consuming meals that isn’t Cheetos, consuming espresso that isn’t Starbucks, or just talking a language that isn’t English, all of it strikes us as fully weird. However there’s nothing that confounds us greater than the Dutch propensity for using bicycles to get locations, and their steadfast refusal to put on helmets whereas doing so:
Nonetheless, within the wake of some [dripping blood letters] SCARY STATISTICS [/dripping blood letters], it appears that evidently even the Dutch themselves at the moment are pushing for helmets:
That is very a lot within the American custom of not addressing the actual downside with regards to drivers hitting folks, which is…nicely, drivers hitting folks, as some Dutchies are stating:
Although attempt telling that to the sufferer of a “basic Dutch accident,” who now wears a helmet:
So what occurred? Properly, he acquired drunk and he crashed his bike:
This actually sums all of it up completely. Was it’s failure to put on a helmet that prompted the crash? Or was it, , THE FACT THAT HE WAS DRUNK? However in the long run it doesn’t matter. Whether or not it’s reining in our careless driving or reining in our extreme consuming, none of us need to do the troublesome factor that may truly make a distinction. As a substitute, we favor to do the simple factor, which is to proceed behaving as stupidly as at all times whereas carrying fortunate foam hats as if that alone will make any unfavourable penalties go away. It additionally has the advantage of mollifying your 8-year-old son, who lacks the sophistication to ask you why you drink a lot. (Or perhaps he’s realized the exhausting solution to keep away from the topic.)
By the way in which, we’ve recognized that there’s a relationship between consuming and bicycle deaths for fairly a while:
And but we maintain drawing the identical conclusion:
Why? As a result of it’s straightforward, that’s why.
However might there be one thing else at work within the Netherlands moreover folks using after too many Heinekens? You already know, perhaps one thing that begins with the letter “E?”
Sure, go away it to e-bikes to destroy the one place on Earth we might as soon as level to after we needed to show that bicycles as a mode of transportation truly work:
Apparently it’s gotten so dangerous over there the police need to test e-bikes on dynamos:
Look, I’m not saying e-bikes are answerable for all of the ills of society, I’m simply saying it’s getting actually, actually exhausting to not imagine that e-bikes are answerable for all of the ills of society.
Nonetheless, whether or not it’s e-bikes or common bikes, it’s essential to keep in mind that it’s the people who find themselves most essential:
It sounds good, however sadly that is fully unfaithful. As a friendless member of the Folks Who Trip Alone Membership*, my bikes are actually all I’ve. Belief me, I don’t want folks and relationships to take pleasure in using my bikes. However what I do want? My bikes! The individuals are incidental. In reality, have you learnt what they name a bunch of buddies with out bikes who take pleasure in using collectively? They name them runners:
*[Yes, I realize the idea of a club made up entirely of people who ride alone makes no sense, but don’t overthink it.]
Perhaps it was simply such a big group of bikeless buddies who stole a complete semi truck stuffed with bikes:
I’d by no means even heard of Ari Bikes earlier than, but it surely seems like they make just about each type of bike you possibly can presumably consider:
I completely learn “Timp Peak” as “Pimp Steak.”
