Not Just Bikes: The Best Country in the World for Drivers – this was my first reaction to the channel and I’m a little mad it took me this long.
This was such an informative video on the effectiveness of Dutch travel. I knew they used a lot of bikes, but now it makes total sense why they have some of the best driving in the world. More people riding bikes means way less people on the road, better infrastructure, safer streets, and a much more pleasant driving experience overall.
As an American, this one really opened my eyes. Would you rather drive in the Netherlands or the US? Drop your thoughts below! 🇳🇱🚲🚗
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I cross the road by bike at the crossing at 4:57 regularly
Car drivers are also cyclists.They know what the risks are as cyclist.
Just compare deathly traffic accidents, gues who wins! Usa! Usa! 🙁
Maybe we are better drivers because we start driving at a later age. More responsible and till then we cylcle
LOLed at 14:30 "They sell a lot of Audi's here too" 😀
On the tax: fuel tax goes up as you drive more. Most other taxes are flat. You pay them for owning a car, or registering or insuring it. Since most families will opt to at least own a car, even if they barely use it, they pay the flat rate. If fuel taxes are low, frequent drivers won't cover the maintenance and either
1. The flat tax has to be high
2. Funding has to come from other taxes, usually including those levied on non-drivers
Of course, there's always tax money going to useful stuff that you yourself don't directly use. But that would also have to go for useful alternatives to driving
The average American owns roughly 1.2 guns, while the average Dutch person owns roughly 1.3 bicycles.
For every 100.000 residents in the US there are 11.6 traffic deaths while in the Netherlands it is 3.8. (Numbers 2024) I think the US is to much Car focused.. but that’s just my opinion.
How can you complain about driving in fake London, Canada . It’s not real . Got em .
6:05 Yup! Uber Eats or similar.
7:40 Red roads – bike roads.
15:00 As someone who lives in a Dutch city: experience taught me how often bikes are faster in cities, and trains are faster between cities. That makes taking a car feel like a different consideration – there are different factors at work. And it makes me more patient.
As a Dutch person that also spends a good amount of time driving in Japan, I prefer driving in Japan. It’s slower, but a much nicer and more friendly experience.😊
Most dutchies drive bikes because they are too cheap for paying gas that's also why they buy tiny cars because of the tax.
Also I cannot confirm that Dutch roads are empty depends where you are in the Netherlands but almost everyday I see stupid people drive who almost causes an accident.
Dutchies are really dangerous drivers
Look a those Europeans, they're destroying themselves.
Only use my car for going to my work and going back, in the south-western part of the Netherlands (=86 km), and going to family once in a while, everything else goes by e-bike.
dont think to much about it. biking is cheap, fast and healthy and maintenance of yr bike is not expensive. and remember we are keen how to spend our money. . besides that… we are so small its saves time. its just quicker… point out 1 important thiNG NEVER NEVER WALK ON THE RED LANE! WE ARE GONNA GET YOU :)..😀
Traffic is horrible, traffic jams all the time on the highways,. bikes who dont follow the rules. its a mess. the roads are good still…
One thing I miss is that most of the maintenance work on major roads is done in off hours in the Netherlands. This comes down to nights for smaller work and weekends or holiday periods for larger work. Large sections of highway are repaved just using the time between 23:00 and 5:00. My utmost respect for the workforce that performs this.
Yeahh almost all of our food gets deliveredq by bike or scooter only with really bad weather the delivery comes with car.
The Netherlands has millions of cars… Traffic jams etc..
Car traffic around Amsterdam is insane and hectic…. Not pleasant what so ever..
All pizzas are delivered by Moped/scooter or bike…
What are all the wires on poles along the roads???? Ah power…Don't you folks have storms etc..???
Ferrari’s are common in the Netherlands. They’re the standard average car, not that special. Trust me. They’re not what they were known for, the red car with the yellow emblem is long gone. They’re now every cookie cutter suv look boring kind of car.
So, Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. The city had 712.334 (2023), making it the largest city in the state by population. 1,930,961 people live in the metropolitan area. Slightly smaller than Amsterdam and its surroundings.
In total, 6.3 million people live in Tennessee on an area of 109,247 km², averaging 60 people per km². In the Netherlands, 18.4 million people live on 41,864 km², so less than half, a large part of which is water, resulting in an average of 433 inhabitants/km².
You would (therefore) expect traffic in the Netherlands to be one big nightmare… But because so many people use bicycles and walk, it is actually not that bad.
Please realise that a lot of highways in the US are the size of the Netherlands itself!
07:50: the traffic lights in the Netherlands are called Self Thinkers……autonomous lights.
Most stop lights at larger intersections in the Netherlands have a weather sensor too, adjusting waiting times for bikes depending on the weather. If it is rainy out, bikes get a green light faster!
Most delivery (mostly food, mail en small packages) drivers are on bikes nowadays haha
about the tellephone-lines. I lived on Bonaire (Dutch Antilles) they explained to me that the ground was too hard, or something like that ,to actively build and maintain a cable network. maybe it's the same?
As a Dutch person I disliked driving in Germany. Motorways are crazy, from very fast speeds to braking like a madman and nearly standing still. Motorways in the Netherlands have a flow to them, it's almost boring to drive them. I also miserably failed parking the car on a very steep incline in Germany 😅
The Netherlands was car centric too like in the seventies , that's the time a lot of kids died by car accidents , there where a lot of protests called ( stop de kindermoord ) stop the child killing
that's when we reversed the cities being packed with cars to walkable and cyclist friendly cities.
it is so well designed and improved by the years , that an 8 year old can go to school on a bike without being run over by a car.
Kids can play safely outside , people love to take a walk meet other people and just have a chat , cities became more vibrant and alive , drink a coffee or a beer on a terrace , grocery stores and bakery in walking distance…..