I have had the pleasure of coming to the Netherlands multiple times in the past few years and I have always had a really great time. Part of that fun has been the warm friendly people but it is also their social tolerant approach to legislation that allows people to make their own choices about what is safe for them. Lots of things are legal in the Netherlands that just aren’t legal where I live. I really liked this and decided to participate in one of the activities that’s not legal where I live to get a real feel about the safety implications and how I felt about them.
Note in all the following photos, no one is ever wearing any protection on their head. There is a huge demographic range and none of them use head protection.
There are men and women,
And ones where I’m not sure
Thin and Not so Thin
There are old people
There are young people
There black, white, other, and multicolor
But nobody seems to care about the usual drivel about not wearing headphones
Not to mention the use of mobile phones
Or perhaps a little texting while riding
Some idiot with a Canon 5D taking a photo of himself while riding. No doubt not a local.
PS – Corda, thanks for embarrassing me into finally updating my blog. I will try and post some family photos some time.
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