tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post4493377843202843239..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Sustainable safetyDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-67958714184010990462010-01-28T16:37:29.741+01:002010-01-28T16:37:29.741+01:00I think this is similar to the modern UK test. Cer...I think this is similar to the modern UK test. Certainly there is a theory part and a practical part. The theory part consists of multi-choice questions and the hazard perception video. Whether these are more or less rigorous than NL driving test I have no idea.<br /><br />When I did my test (many years ago), the instructors used to reckon on 1.5hours training per year of your age. Or at least Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443493823465136241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-32820711742853315982010-01-28T00:29:21.145+01:002010-01-28T00:29:21.145+01:00My story is similar to Anneke's. Although it s...My story is similar to Anneke's. Although it seems she got it far more recent. I got my driver's license in 1984. Took me 44 lessons (of 45 minutes in my case) and I also passed the second driving test. <br /><br />They had just changed the way the examinations went. I was among the first people who had to pass the "theoretic" exam first before we could do the actual driving Mark W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07882028603632115187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3592564428257543312010-01-27T18:10:45.427+01:002010-01-27T18:10:45.427+01:00As I've been through the process of getting a ...As I've been through the process of getting a drivers license I can tell you something about it. I've heard so far that I was a bit slower than most, but nothing spectacularly slow.<br /><br />I've started with lessons with a instructor, 36 euros per hour, one hour per week. I've had lessons for about a year. So that makes 50 lessons more or less (I've had holidays, sometimes Annekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303232666607267415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-8541790583043741862010-01-26T12:50:26.953+01:002010-01-26T12:50:26.953+01:00Hello all
I was shocked at the Toronto death toll,...Hello all<br />I was shocked at the Toronto death toll, found it very hard to believe. On reading further I picked up that the big advancement in road safety was to make child seats and child seat belts mandatory, this under the headline of making the roads safer for children.<br />Mark, UK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-40810718867109624242010-01-26T07:58:22.499+01:002010-01-26T07:58:22.499+01:00James: Toronto's problems sound a lot like tho...James: Toronto's problems sound a lot like those of the UK, Australia, the USA... All quite normal <a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2009/01/outlaw-cyclist.html" rel="nofollow">where cyclists are a minority</a>.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-50383027402144384062010-01-26T07:56:09.434+01:002010-01-26T07:56:09.434+01:00Sirius: For me it was easy. I simply swapped my UK...Sirius: For me it was easy. I simply swapped my UK license for a Dutch one - after two years of not bothering to do so and not driving at all.<br /><br />As a result, I have no direct experience of the Dutch system. However, from seeing what friends of my daughter are doing, it seems more difficult and quite a lot more expensive to get a driving license here than in the UK. For a start, all David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-27410005332554299682010-01-26T01:15:28.005+01:002010-01-26T01:15:28.005+01:00You mentioned driver education, which is a thing t...You mentioned driver education, which is a thing that I have become somewhat interested in after learning how easy it is to get a driving licence in the UK compared to my native Denmark. (Denmark demands minimum 17 hours, motorway driving, night driving, driving on slippery surface and probably a few other things that I cannot remember)<br /><br />How difficult do you think that it is to get a Sirius7dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688465574306782024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42735641786794087322010-01-25T06:05:34.879+01:002010-01-25T06:05:34.879+01:00Oh David, how badly would I love to see some of th...Oh David, how badly would I love to see some of these initiatives here in Toronto where 12 pedestrians have been killed in the last couple weeks.<br /><br />- Politicians who propose reducing the speed limit here are mocked.<br />- The Toronto Police traffic services spokesman told cyclists they should push their bike on the footpath to avoid conflict with automobiles at intersections<br />- James D. Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454437680686627778noreply@blogger.com