I only found out about the biking diploma that Dutch kids have to get by passing an exam after 6 years of living in the Netherlands! This explains a lot about Dutch biking.
I actually was part of the pilot project in the 80s, I had been cycling to that school for two years when through still quite unsafe infrastructure. I thought it was a bit of nonsense back then and still do to be honest. Parents learn their children how to cycle, not government.
The exam exists of a theory part and a rl bike part. The practice part is in my city district. In spring you will see makeshift traffic signs attached to light posts etc with a 'verkeersexamen' sign underneath. For a couple of days the streets are full of young kids in a yellow tunic and student/volunteer couples with clipping boards. Cute
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The diploma is just a way to teach young kids. You do not have to have a actual diploma to bike around. 😅
It even bothers me when boomers get out their bike in the summer for 3 times a year and don’t know what they are doing, GET THE F OUT THE WAY….
It's just a few lessons in school, and the diploma is just a reward, it is not needed to use the bike
I actually was part of the pilot project in the 80s, I had been cycling to that school for two years when through still quite unsafe infrastructure.
I thought it was a bit of nonsense back then and still do to be honest. Parents learn their children how to cycle, not government.
We had #Verkeerslessen too in my schooltime (1970)
You can cycle without a diploma here, but learning the traffic code is as vital as learning to swim here
The exam exists of a theory part and a rl bike part. The practice part is in my city district. In spring you will see makeshift traffic signs attached to light posts etc with a 'verkeersexamen' sign underneath. For a couple of days the streets are full of young kids in a yellow tunic and student/volunteer couples with clipping boards. Cute
Nah thats not true, its just some education on biking, its like swimmingclasses.