How are DUTCH people on the ROAD?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ธ.ค. 2020
- How are Dutch people on the road?
Are they good drivers?
What's your experience as a foreigner driving in the Netherlands?
That's what we asked to the students of the Dutch Winter School in Drenthe.
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Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Winter School - 2020.
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Why would you stand on the cycling path it is like standing on the road, of course people will be annoyed when you do that. In most countries you don't stand in the middle of the road, do you?
when you do in the netherlands as a pedestrian you still have a priority in right of way... a automobilist can get angry but he would be wrong and he would be fined more severely then the pedestrian, as to bikes and peds on their paths.. in big citys in netherlands you find for various reasons bikes on footpaths (especially kids) and also people walking or using odd things on the cycle path, usually both have enough room to prevent but all considered its an orderly mess
There's some serious disconnect going on sometimes, i remember driving middle-aged tourists around, parking near a bike path, and explicitly informing them before parking, "don't stand around on the red bike-path and check for bikes before you cross it". They heard me clearly, they looked at me while i was talking and nodded. We get out to assemble on the pavement and get things from the car. 3 out of 4 did stand around for no reason on the bike-path (bright red mind you), and did try to cross with zero regard for oncoming bikes even after one cyclist slowed down, rang his bell and passed without further comment. They did not learn from this first experience somehow, that took another cyclist braking loudly, closerby and with a bigger mouth.
It just doesn't register for some reason. It's not a serious mode of transport where they come from, so anybody cycling is just doing it for fun, and certainly doesn't need to be anywhere else like car drivers, also bike-lanes are just cute colorful street art to entertain the tourists about those crazy dutch and their bike obsession.
And yea they still got mad at the cyclists.
@@arposkraft3616 Either I'm reading this wrong or you're claiming that people in the Netherlands are in their rights to stand on the road?
If so, not quite the case lol... The car that could've stopped will still get the bigger problem if they don't stop, but that's not because the pedestrian had the right to be there, that's because a car is more lethal than a pedestrian and thus they should've tried everything in their power not to make that collision happen. The pedestrian will still get a ticket for jaywalking and endangering traffic though, and they're still a massive dick for doing so, also. But yea as a more lethal vehicle it's just that the responsibility comes down to you to not kill people with it. Much like if you drive a car in front of an RPG you wouldn't blame the driver of the car but rather the one that pulled the trigger of the RPG for not clearing the surroundings before squeezing.
@@reznovvazileski3193 well i wouldnt say 'in their right to' more that it does happen a lot and that ive never seen a single ticket written for it
@@reznovvazileski3193 Slight nuance: In the netherlands crossing the road is only jay-walking if you do it in an unsafe way. In principle you can cross the road everywhere whithout it being jaywalking. Except for highways of course.
I'd have to say the Dutch have a gift when it comes to speeding. We figure out how much the speedometer is off compared to your actual speed, add the legal correction in your speed to that (3kmh). And thats the speed you can drive at above the speed limit. So if the limit is 100kmh people will drive exactly 107kmh so they can speed without getting a ticket.
And flitsmeister
Guilty
So true
The country is as flat as a pancake. Really easy to maintain the speed. And the rules are very simple and clear. I currently live in the USA and I get confused sometimes cause the rules are unpredictable and inconsistent. Plus the speeding tickets in the Netherlands are going by km/h compare to the USA, it depends on the mood of the officer. Even a 1mph over the limit can cost you $200-300. Activated school and work zones are even double.
@@disgustinghandsome1282 that's ridiculous. Glad to be living in the Netherlands
extremely skilled but actually insane
not a single dutch person that is going to deny that about any of our skills
And proud of it. Calvinistic everyone all the same passive agressive driving!
Perfectionism in insanity
Born to be wiiiiild🤣
You are crazy.
The change from 100-120-130 is most definitely signaled by traffic signs!
yes and no. Quite often the signs are placed incorrectly.
They must by law be placed on both the left and right side of the motorway, but quite frequently one of them is missing (or in extreme cases giving another speed limit), causing confusion.
@@jwenting then check the hectometerpaaltjes.
@@jwenting on the side off the road there are signs that indicate every 100meters and every 5 or 10 signs there is the speedlimitsign above them
With the new speed change it’s always indicated after every on-ramp. And on the hectometre poles.
Traffic signs, sometimes even different road markings. The new rules kind of fucked up the clarity the system had but I agree it should still be easily doable.
Yeah... when you see a big Audi behind you tailgating you... It is probably my 73 y.o. mother who is annoyed you are driving 98kph instead of 100kph.
hey better than the alternative. 80 yo who will try to drive 60 on the highway.
we had a hard time trying to get my 70 yo granddad to give in the car keys. it was NOT safe...
Or my dad, also in a big Audi.
lol
@@jjc5475 60 km/h is still permissible on highways
@@michielvdvlies3315 it's very dangerous
I've lived in Netherlands, Turkey,Nigeria and Poland. And so far, Dutch people have the best driving skills
How about Poland?
Unfortunately true regarding Polish and Turkish drivers, I am not known with Nigerian drivers though. You will know where someone is from by how they drive and act on the roads. Same for seeing a American driver and even more so if they arrived recently. They keep thinking the car they are in is still the battleship sized American gas guslar they are used to. Kinda funny and painful to see at the same time. haha
The woman at the verry end just hits the nail on the head. Roads here are good and everything is safe and logical. Therefore we are, in general, quite bad drivers. Because most won't know what to do in unexpected situations.
We can drive nice, but we don t do that always.
But it is not easy to get a driverslicense, the level on the roads is pretty high.
Compared with those!! countries you're not giving that much credit to the Dutch.
I have lived in Germany and the Netherlands, biking and driving in both countries. From my experience, I'd say I feel much safer sharing a narrow street with a car with a Dutch driver than with a German driver when I am on a bike or in a car myself. The spacial awareness of Dutch drivers is incredible. They are able to squeeze into the tightest places and are well aware of their surroundings. So in cities, I'd prefer the Dutch. However, outside of city traffic, the Dutch seem to apply the same concept, like on motorways. They seem to not adjust the needed space to the speed driven. For me, it feels very dangerous if they're cutting in front of you on a motorway. Of course, there's enough space to pull in your car, but that space is meant for safety purposes. I am feeling very uneasy to drive on Dutch motorways, especially in the Randstad area. Rural Friesland and Groningen are fine though. But in general, it does feel quite aggressive at times and not as laid back as the Dutch handle other things in life.
Try driving in a big US city next time. I had the opportunity to accompany a truck driver in the US. There were so many times I was afraid we were going to hit someone (luckily, that didn't happen). People would merge into traffic on the highway right away instead of speeding up first. They would merge 4 meters in front of a truck. The lack of skill is insane. I would much rather share the road with drivers who are a little aggressive than drivers who don't seem to understand traffic.
Id generally agree though on motorways i would say its the odd one that does that and usually completely unneeded, but thats also because our government keeps messing about with speed limits on high ways making it somewhat of an annoyance people then 'work around' rather then just 1 stable speed youll have 80 here then 100 there but then in the evening maybe 120 or 130 and then a few kms on its 90 again, but usually when i see people do what you describe im on the right lane driving at the speed limit and they will just park it in front as if there isnt a good section of road ahead to merge properly.
That being said Germany also had a massive increase in traffic safety over the last 20 years, the 2 are not far apart in general traffic issues as we tend to follow similar systems but in germany it has more then halved in 2 decades.
also indicators are seemingly not considered all to usefull by to many people, I mean I get it, you have to flick a complete finger for it and that does wear you out... but also there I would generally say certain people with certain german brand cars tend to be the most common of that type, I personally assumed those cars just didnt get indicators build in
Yea regarding the pulling into the 'safespace' is pretty much the idea we let people get into that space as we slow down to create back that safe space. In theory a great concept which greatly enhances the speed at which you merge 2 lanes together. In practice.... People are retarded so that really doesn't work out that way most of the time :')
@@picobello99 ive driven in miami and florida, key west. jesus christ those people are slow as hell
@Bart de Pau Hi Bart, je video's zijn fantastisch leuk en ik kijk ze allemaal. 1 dingetje: ik vind het leuk dat je de naam en het land van afkomst boven de personen zet, maar steeds net te kort. Het zou fijn zijn als je de namen en landen in beeld laat zolang de personen aan het woord zijn, En dan ook telkens weer in beeld brengt als ze voor de 2e keer aan het woord zijn (ik heb een geheugen als een goudvis ;-). Bedankt :-D
@@sander2723 En wat zou dat?
Gelukkig kan je pauzeren en terugspoelen.....
@@sander2723 Het was maar een suggestie, ik wist niet dat je kwaad werd.
@@sander2723 een beetje meer respect graag.
Die Marvin is trouwens beslist geen Amerikaan. Uitspraak lijkt meer op die van eem Duitser.
I'm Dutch and I live in Estonia. Now, HERE they are aggressive drivers. Being a gentleman in traffic doesn't exist here. Making way for someone is completely out of the picture here which is SUPER annoying.
Same in Italy...crossing the road is almost impossible, once I was crossing and i had to stop in the middle so not to be ran over...
Rule following seems also to be hard for them...
I'm yet to see a gentleman on the Dutch roads. Soooo impatient. Especially when you are trying to park
3:46 She must be having some Dutch blood flowing true her veins..
I live in North-Brabant. Many Belgians are working here (and the other way around).
I've never been bothered by a Belgian on the road. The Dutch are often just the same.
I grew up in Maastricht, on my way to school on my bike we had a roundabout. The bikes should get right of way there. The Dutch cars would let me go in front. The Belgians would not. The phrase: 'Look out it is a Belgian' is very common here. I am sure not all Belgians are bad drivers. I think the Netherlands requires a very specific set of driving skills because of the bikes and Belgians are not used to this. So they have built up quite a reputation in some regions of the Netherlands.
Every time I'm cycling through a roundabout, I check the color of the license plates of the cars approaching the junction. If they're yellow, I feel safe knowing that they will give me priority like they're supposed to, but if they're white, I always approach with extreme caution. I live in The Hague and the tourists here, especially the ones going to the beach, are awful drivers.
@@efjeK Agreed. Living in Maastricht the skill level of belgian drivers for the infrastructure that we have is really bad. Looking out for Belgian plates is a real thing.
@@weetikissa i mean if they are white most off the time its a german plate and germans are known for letting everyone pass
1:54 I mean you could consider looking at all the signs on the side of the road;-;
Maar dit dus, op vakantie merk ik dat NL nog best netjes is met borden. In Italë of Frankrijk zijn er bijna geen borden, leer die standaardsnelheid maar uit je hoofd.
2:15 That's because bikes have priority over cars in a sense.
not true. Cyclists are considered drivers according to dutch law. So the same rules apply to you on the bike as if you where in a car.
@@BlackholeProbe They are more vulnerable so just keep that in mind. Whilst comfortably sitting in your car.
@@djong3330 No, not true. They do not have priority, but car drivers are responsible for the damage because a car driver should realize that cyclists are more vulnerable. By law they do not have priority, they're just more protected by the law. So practically it may feel that way, but by law it just isn't right to say the car driver is wrong. He/she is still paying though...
@@BlackholeProbe That is completely untrue. Bikes have priority. The same rules do not apply to cars and bikes.
@@ClaudeSac Yes, they do have priority. In addition, under strict liability, a driver is going to be blamed for all accidents unless it can be shown that the accident was unavoidable.
I was always taught to be assertive in traffic. Perhaps that is what people mean when they say "aggressive but not aggressive". You should make it very clear what you're doing and how you're doing it. If you're dilly dallying it's confusing for everyone and traffic won't move or accidents happen.
We have the fastest moving traffic jams in the world i think.
They're good drivers, they're also good at swearing. I often feel the rage of Dutch drivers inside their cars 😂
Sounds like normal driving to me, but I´m a serial migrant and just adapt to whatever happens. I think also that the flat countryside helps. We drive more carefully here in the Canary Islands (though it might not always look that way to others) but we are near the edge of a precipice much of the time. You don´t have that problem in Netherlands. Beste wensen en Vrolijk Kerstfeest!
Dankje
Well, if you keep too much of a distance to the car in front of you, someone will wedge in between! I've experienced that sooo much since I got my driver's license nearly 3 years ago. (I'm Dutch, btw)
If there's that much distance, and someone faster behind you, you should go to the right lane :^)
If you stand on the bikelane youre playing with you're life ... Only tourist do that but they will never forget it again!! My road rage will stop when tourist become illegal 😂😂if crash into that idiot i will fall it hurts!! but the worst I will be late at my moms house so she will be screaming at me that i'am 5 minutes late!! And then i can't have sprinkles on my dessert 😞
"Only tourist do that".. or people in Barendrecht...
Isabel says "Pannenkoek!"
Recommendations "How to swear in Dutch"
😂😂
In Belgium everyone drives 10km/hr (or more) over the speed limit. A quick brake right before you're passing the speed camera and back to speeding.
i think its the same in the netherlands :)
Wat een leuk kanaal heb je! Vrolijkmakend! :)
Dutch drivers, aggressive? No way! You don't know what aggressive means 😄
Visit Russia, India, Turkey, Greece, even Spain, then you'll understand
Don't forget France and especially Paris 😂
Don’t forget Italians..
@@Eagles_Eye true! I have driven around pretty much all of western Europe and the one country I will refuse to sit behind the wheel is Italy. It is like you are playing russian roulette every time you merge on a busy highway in Italy.
I'm from Spain and I think the Netherlands has a more aggressive driving but also more controlled. Only in the center of big cities in Spain you will find the wild west. Dutch drivers are great at managing the surroundings, but they have a tendency to accelerate too fast when the light becomes green, in my opinion. Not the wisest if you want to keep your car healthy.
Strange to hear that Dutch drivers are experienced this way.
I have been in Italy ... as a Dutch motorist you really die there. Nobody follows the rules there. Driving through red, treading continuous, overtaking on the right ... everything is possible.
In countries like Italy, people are taught to just care about what's in front of them, whereas Dutch drivers are taught to always be aware of what's behind them, for example when braking.
Italian driver here! Hi! Unfortunately people here drive like crazy, I always get really anxious 'coz it feels that the people you share the road with decided to reenact some fast and furious scenes >< you have to study very hard to get the driving license and I feel like younger people are better at driving and more cautious but God after you have your license for like 5/10 years people just stop caring and become insane x_x
Heel goed les Paul dankjewel
No room for errors! Everyone is the best driver here. When you even dare to think of making a mistake you will hear the horn!
If you think the dutch are bad , go driving in Italy , I love Italy but the driving, o and the dutch are so nice .
i remember in italy on 2 lanes on highway 3 cars are overtaking hahaha nice
@@mikedehollander6848 ha ha yes 9 scooters in a lane and a car trying to push in ,or a very pretty girl waving her hands around, I was confused, when I caught up to her at the next light I could see what she was doing , drying her nails 💅 honestly and so pretty.
Milan was scary, but Istanbul was even scarier. And I heard from people that nothing beats Cairo.
@@MartijnterHaar no I think its Anadan extra lol. Like nothing beats cairo l😆l.
I only drove in the north of Italy. Only Milan was scary. Some of the roads in the mountains are scary because I am not used to mountains, but the Italians drove, I would say quite well.
from experience dutch ppl dont use blinkers that often.. especially on roundabouts.. and not only BMW drivers!
this video is super accurate. we have great road safety but people still drive recklessly.. kind of annoying when you try to keep your distance and people just keep sticking to your rear. I usually just let my foot off the pedal and slow down slowly, they'll pass me eventually. but that works half the time. even when you are doing 120 and someone wants to do 130 behind you, and they can overtake, they wont. so i slow to 100 and they still stick to your bum.. and then you decide to speed up again minutes later there they are trying to force you to drive 140. JUST OVERTAKE ME OMG :D
Sometimes in special circumstances, like when there's 3 lanes and someone just won't get off your ass while you're cruising in the middle lane with 120-130, overtaking all the sub 110 verhicles, I like to teach these 'bumperklevers' a small lesson by just slightly tapping the brake a few times, just far enough so you won't actually brake but far enough so the brake lights turn on and they have to break away.
@@Adiodevil i understand what you are saying. But dont do that. Even if u werent wrong in the first place, just let go off the gas dont brakelight check. Its more dangerous than just slowing down without
@@Pidbullz It's a tough call to make, but I understand both you and Leon. They just don't realise the tailgaters won't be able to brake in time should the occassion of forceful braking arise. But there's no way of letting them know they are annoying, aren't doing anyone any favour with their ignorance. I usually try to signal to them with the fog-light, but hardly ever do I see people back off after I lit it shortly. Sometimes I think they are so close they can't even see the fog-light anymore.
The 2 second distance on the highway is a thing indeed. If you give too much space you will be cut off by slower drivers coming from the right line causing you to brake. Easier is to drive really close to the car in front and drive not aligned, so to see what is happening you don't look at the car in front of you but a few cars further.
Yeah, real pity the 2 second rule is followed by hardly anyone. It would save us a lot of accidents and resulting traffic jams if people would just be a bit more relaxed. When me and my sister go to work (with my job being on route to hers so we carpool) my sister usually drives the limit and can get quite annoyed by anyone driving a bit slower and she thus overtakes all the time. I on the other hand tend to stick to the right-most lane and conveniently stick behind a lorry/HGV and do 90. I'll let others battle it out to my left. Most of the time, the journey takes less time when I drive then when my sister does.
The woman with the orange scarf touched a great topic. The Netherlands, in particular the Randstad, is so dense with smaller cities that you should consider it to be one great metropolitan city like London or Paris.
Bumperkleven. Bumpersticking. Yup. If you leave space for almost a car...And woops it gone like a Southpark investment banking skit.
It's called 'tailgating' in English.
@@MacXpert74 I know. But the Dutch word “bumperkleven” is a combination of two words, it literally reads as bumpersticking. Kleven is sticking, like sticky goo, glueing. Sticking to your frontrunners bumper like glue.
good&bad always come in pair. mostly good but some bad, I’ve just experienced last week on Antwerpen motorway
Stand on a cycling path and you get yeeted by a bike. I once stood still on the cycling path cause me and my friend were caught up in a crowd and i tried to find him. Still his favorite story to tell
because everyone has ridden a bike every driver knows how they act and you can anticipate there actions better... also you can relate to there vulnerability..
1:08 Nice appropriate shirt (and in general).
I mean, while I understand that bikes in some countries cycle on the sidewalk, you wouldn't stand in the road either, right? You can walk along a cycling path just like you can walk along a road, but the speed of bikes is lower so they will likely pass closer to you then you might be used with cars.
All true. You all nailed it.
“They also manage to go in front of the cars and not give a shiet” whahah that French guy is really funny. I am guilty of the light thing, however people in cars never stop for me, even when I have priority. I put out my arm twenty meters before I need to cross the road and they still manage to miss me.
Agreed, most of them don't keep a safe distance
You simply can't. Try it once and immediately other cars will get in front of you and take the space you just made to keep a safe distance.
@@gert-janvanderlee5307 Yeah, frustrating isn't it. One thing I have noticed (while sticking to 2 or 3 second rule) is that people behind you will think you're not driving fast enough when all you do is follow the car in front of you at a safe distance. Some people seem to turn into assholes when they step into a car. But I do my duty and try and keep things safe regardless of that.
@@gijsyo On motorways I don’t keep a safe 2 second distance, although I do try to keep a safe enough distance considering when other people will move into the gap I just created. However on single lane B-roads where 80 or 100km/h is allowed you can’t overtake and there is no risk of someone getting in the gap you created, so in these situations I often make a 3 second gap. But it seems that even that is uncommon. It’s stupid to tailgate in those situations and still so many do it.
they are....they are simple the best in "round-about" , nowhere elese we can spot more passion for #Kreisverkehr /Knots (most are rijmeester 😭)
And that is why foreigners need to learn the dutch trafic regulations. Rule one bikes own the road, rule two dont stand on a red cycling path (red is dead) rule three the car is always at fault . exept on a high way when a cyclist drives against trafic in the dark with no lights on .
But in ernest dutch trafic regulations are complicated that is why every one has to take an exam in primary school to be safe on the road. pedastrians ,Cyclist , mopped users all have their own set of rules.
For the speed limmits they are all visable and should be known as lining on the roads , small shields on 100 meter markers telling what the speed limmit is at that troad section.
Perhaps a series on trafic regulations should be a nice episode and see how well they do.
I think you would like the "not just bikes" channel. They provide a lot of in depth info on road safety, rules, etc.
Define driver.? Are they confident drivers? OR are they correct drivers ( traffic rules wise)
120? 130? In what year was this filmed?
I personally thought drivers in Netherlands weren't that bad I was there for 8 days and drove every day I only had 1 idiot beeping horn in a built up area and a biker was on road I couldn't pass. But other than that it was OK.
Most Dutch drivers aren't that bad, but it is regional. In the west drivers tend to be extremely agressive, never bother to give other road users any space, tailgating, pushing and shoving.
Motorcyclists banging on your roof if they think you don't give them enough space, things like that.
In the east and north it's much more polite and laid back. Don't have much experience driving in the south, but people from there have similar attitudes to those in the east mostly so probably the same.
A lot of younger or adult bicyclists have a "**** it" attitude and just push themselves in front of everything, the elders are pretty nice.
About 85% of people in cars have broken indicators i think, because i almost never see people using them..
The tailgating i don't think is really that huge of an issue here, at least not up north according to my own experience.
I’m familiar about this stereotype about the Dutch that they’re such a bad driver. I visited Netherlands a few years ago, and believe me they aren’t that bad at all! Of course compared to the rest of Western Europe, the Dutch are quite aggresive (only get beaten by the Belgian for that), even I heard a joke in Germany that “always avoid the yellow plates”. But compared to Eastern Europe (Estonia, Russia, Ukraine), damn those Dutch are like angels there!
I agree with what Cynthia said at 03:58
I actually rather take a tram or bus than drive in major cities.
#Groningen
True. I'm Dutch but will think twice about driving a car in the center of Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, Leiden, Rotterdam, Groningen, Zwolle, and many other bigger places. If I really can't avoid them, I will usually look for a spot to get rid of the car outside the centre and make my final journey by foot or something.
Compared with Greece, Italy and France good but, they don't keep distance
Don’t compare us to Germans now come on.
0:53 OK, I think I'm in love with Lithuanian girls now!
Let me answer that question: at near 18:00 aka 6pm they get angry drivers, reason: 6pm is Dutch dinner time.
Ik denk dat er wel een waarheid in zit dat veel Nederlanders in het buitenland echt problemen ondervinden in het verkeer.
En ja, er zitten nogal wat amateurs op de weg van bumperkleven tot zich niet aan de snelheid houden. Ook veel Nederlanders zijn veel te gejaagd in het verkeer (en da's natuurlijk ook een slechte eigenschap)
"You always have to drive the speed limit." That's not true, every true Dutch driver knows that you drive 5% over, that's the correction on the police's speedometer, so you don't get fined.
It's not 5 %, because I know that when 130 km/h was still allowed, many people thought they could get the needle up to 135/136, but got charged a fine, because 132 was the real limit, as the deviation of the speedometer actually decreases as speed increases.
@@weeardguy that were those trajectcontrole fines that were contested and judged as invalid in the 1000's though. It's not like that on any device besides trajectcontrole
@@MrAppie9090 Really? I just read up on the website of the Public Prosecutor (OM) and they state a 3% margin for error...
@@weeardguy oh okay, it has indeed changed. Apologies, I was assuming too much. I know that when those control gates were placed a majority of fines were made invalid because of some issue with that margin of tolerance. But I am probably wrong there too. Sometimes you learn something new, thanks.
@@MrAppie9090 Nah I do know about some issue, either because of a margin set wrong, a speedtrap already in use while it wasn't allowed to be yet, or a trajectory-speedtrap that was already set to a lower limit while signage still showed the old, higher limit as the new limit woud only take effect a week later or so, and thus practically everyone got a penalty.
But I can remember that there was a thing on the news that many people were confused about getting a penalty when their speedometer read 134 km/h or so, as they didn't understand why didn't get one at a speedometer reading 105 km/h. Some guy from the Public Prosecutor or National Police explained that the margin was lower above certain speeds and this thus explained why so many people got a penalty ;)
Denk aan bijv. Rome waar je je voor het zebrapad moet gooien zodat de auto's stoppen terwijl hier in Nederland ze vrijwel gelijk stoppen als ze je aan zien komen
3:25 "and they dont give a shit"😂
Mwoa, i think out traffic system is such that it greatly elevates vulnerable members of traffic and as a result you have little option but to drive quite reasonable, going through traffic tempering solutions rotundas etc you get to keep driving but it becomes rather pointless to try and speed
That's one thing I love about Dutch street design: they make it impossible to go over the speed limit whereas the rest of the world still believes in the magical powers of signs.
Just look at the number of cars that have dents and scrapes. I've found that Dutch drivers are typically better in the cities, they look out for pedestrians and cyclists, etc. But on the motorways, they drive poorly. Mirror, signal, manoeuvre is rarely a thing here. They'll switch lanes without checking mirrors, and if you're lucky they signal as they change lanes. As mentioned already, the 2 second rule is unheard off here so tailgating is the norm. This is somewhat OK in the Netherlands because the speed limits are so low, but you should see Dutch registered vehicles on the autohbahn. The near misses I've seen because Dutch cars approach a slower vehicle (lorry, campers, etc) at a super fast speed and only switch lanes to overtake when they are 4 meters away. The Germans have much better motorway lane discipline.
It's not all bad. The roads in the Netherlands are so well built. You can also lane-split/filter on a motorcycle here relatively easily as drivers are courteous and move aside to let you pass when there's a traffic jam. They are also a lot of motorcyclists here, so drivers seem more attuned to spotting motorcycles (and cyclists). Fewer chances of SMIDSY (sorry mate I didn't see you) accidents in the cities. For motorways, see previous.
They'll switch lanes without checking mirrors? That's funny, because in fact, Dutch drivers first look and then signal switch lanes, whereas other countries (for example German drivers) would first signal and then look, then switch lanes. This is very confusing to a Dutch driver because we panic whenever we see someone signaling to the right when we're almost next to them, causing us to break very suddenly
@@StepwaveMusic Or the belgian; I blinked once so now I can merge tactic
@@StepwaveMusic Germans will rear end you because they travel with the speed of light, god forbid you dont move over in 1 second or the flashy lights will be used
These guyes have not seen other countries yet.the netherlans is the best countrie i have ever seen for biking.
they probably only have seen drivers in the western area of the Netherlands. up north the drivers are much more polite friendly and forgiving, and in general better drivers
Yes, they are.
Don't stand on the cycling path. I agree. It is dangerous and anoying. :D
yeah, that's a sin alright ;)
at that point people shouldn't complain us riding on the sidewalk to avoid a hairy situation either
Vraag me af wat dan zo duidelijk jet verschil is tussen Begische en Nederlandse chauffeurs en waarom Nederlandse chauffeurs het moeilijk zouden hebben in België... zijn we hier in België dan agressiever? Zo ervaar ik het niet in ieder geval...
Geen idee. Heb vaak genoeg in België gereden en nooit echt problemen gehad. Alleen op de snelweg soms acties gezien waarbij je denkt "waarom?", maar mindere rijders heb je overal. Gewoon anticiperen en gaan.
In mijn stad verlenen de Belgen geen voorrang aan fietsers en ze parkeren op de stoep. Ik vind ze best wel eng. En ik zie heel veel Duitsers en Belgen die een parkeerplek zoeken in de binnenstad maar die bestaan niet. In Nederland hebben we P+R locaties.
Het is voornamelijk dat jullie bebording aan de zijkant van de weg gewoon slecht is, zowel snelweg als gewone wegen. Waardoor het vaak moeilijker is om te bepalen waar je naartoe moet.
En omdat Belgen dat gewend zijn, letten ze in Nederland er ook minder goed op, wat tot confrontaties kan leiden. Bijvoorbeeld door dat, waar het in België pas laat wordt aangegeven dat je hier links moet voor jouw route, wordt dat in Nederland al veel eerder aangegeven. De Nederlander is dus al voor gesorteerd en dan komt er een Belg die het nu pas ziet. Dat levert in NL een situatie op die onverwacht is. Waar die in België wel verwacht kan worden, dus zijn mensen er meer aan gewent daar. En doordat die Belg in dit voorbeeld, hun auto er "ineens" voor gooit, dat komt agressief over.
Dit is natuurlijk een generalisatie, en gaat niet over jouw persoonlijk, en natuurlijk zijn er ook goede Belgen, net zoals er slecht Nederlanders zijn.
We drive as crazy
What does he say at 2:57 ?
wees voorzichtig volgens mij
@@MissEssy89 Haha, oh ja! Nu hoor ik het ook. Bedankt!
If the speed limit is 100 + speed correction so more like 105😂.
well he says people on bikes always consider themselves to have priority but 99% of the time that’s actually the case.
Maybe in comparison with other countrys but we could do a lot better !
So your learning Dutch , i will help you. Het is jammer dat je er leerlingen zijn die fietsers "haten" en ik snap dat .
Het vergt een hele omschakeling als je uit een omgeving komt , toegegeven dat is de overgrote meerderheid , dat de mobiliteit heeft gecentreerd op auto verkeer , je weet dan niet beter dan alles van uit het oogpunt van een automobilist te bekijken.
Vervolgens kom je dan in Nederland terecht , hier is het "car-centrism" stervende sinds de 1964 en voor een groot deel vervangen door een "Bike-centric" manier van leven , met als gevolg dat in Nederland niet de auto vaak voorrang heeft , maar in bijna alle gevallen de fietser voorgaat en dat de rest van het verkeer moet wachten .
Mocht je , god verhoede , dan toch als bestuurder (niet fietser) in conflict komen met een fietser is er bijna geen situatie te bedenken waarbij het recht niet aan de zijde staat van de fietser.
1e wandelaars
2e fietsers
3e een hele tijd niets
4e de rest
Sorry maar als je , je aanpast fiets je ook en ben je dankbaar voor de bescherming.
This is written for those whom have a desire to learn Dutch. Greets Gerard
Voortaan de komma direct na de letter zetten, zonder tussenruimte.
Speed Limit: 60
My dad: What speed limit?
We struggle with driving in Belgium because road singnage is goddamn awefull in Belgium.
I live in Breda, and regularly have to go into Belgium for work. Aswell as often going there for a night out when I was younger.
They do have some roads that remind you every 100 meters that frozen roads can be slippery. They severely lack in signs that I would find useful, but if you're the type of person that doesn't understand frost it's a pretty neat place to drive.
Yeeeees😂
I lived in austria and germany.
I can say that austrian are more agressive drivers then dutch and germans follow more the traffic rules and are also better drivers.
To the French guy hating cyclists ''cause they feel like they are always the priority''. Well dude, as matter of fact, by law, cyclist and pedestrians are the priority in Dutch traffic. They are classified as the weaker road users and therefore are protected in many cases. Most roads are even designed to be as smooth and safe as possible for cyclists and pedestrians. The car users are a second priority on many (intercity) roads. This is in the back of the mind of many Dutch drivers and thus they drive accordingly. So the issue here doesn't lie with the cyclists, it lays with you my French pall.
Absolutely 100% true.
Same law in France. But we French aren't sheeple as you are so we never follow the rules my dear Dutch friend
@@philo_eveeve1664 So by 'We French aren' t sheeple' you mean you don't care about people dying or getting seriously injured in traffic?
@@LexLancet no sheeple is a combination between sheep and people, some use that word to discribe people who follow the rules of the goverment, like now in with corona, people who use that think they are smart for not listening to the rules.
That's not entirely true... Yes, many streets in urbanized areas are designed with pedestrian and cyclist safety in mind and yes: cyclist and pedestrians are designated 'weaker traffic contestants'. And yes: in case of a crash between a motorized vehicle and a 'weaker traffic contestant', the driver of the motorvehicle will be liable for the damage. However, that does not mean that cyclists will have priority most of the time and don't have to obey traffic laws... Many cyclists don't obey traffic laws that well and a lot of them are like suicide pigeons driving all over the place, preferably without working lights or indicating direction... As a born and raised Dutchman I'm not too fond of cyclists either when I drive my car ;-) .
Apart from bikes and German tourists, it's the best and safest country to drive around
The Dutch are so used to well-maintained roads, and law-abiding drivers than anything out of the ordinary will spook them. Generally not that great at anticipating and correcting mistakes of other drivers.
Which was my epiphany driving through Sicily, as I saw some of the worst driving I have ever seen, but I saw some seriously adequate responses to unsafe situations. Serious crashes were avoided where I'm quite confident most Dutch drivers wouldn't be able to do so.
2:14 Are you sure he is not secretly a Dutch person?
I have Dutch friend, he claimed himself really good at speeding. But when he came to Jakarta Indonesia n he saw sooo many crazy drivers here.. he said, "oh ok.. my driving skill still nothing if compared to Indonesian drivers.."
I have lived in Indonesia, I could only find one traffic rule: people mostly drive on the left side of the road😋
@@eduarddoornbos2409 haha.. yeah.. speeding on the left, slower vehicles on the right.. though it should be speeding on the right lane.
Dat invoegen bij Antwerpen naar de bios, daar voel ik me als rustige Nederlander niet op men gemak, meerdere banen helemaal pot dicht en iedereen zigzagt maar een beetje. Pfff.
Echt een rot punt ja. Weet precies welk punt je bedoeld. Vaak genoeg langs geweest.
@@thedutchman01 het is gelukkig maar een klein stukje, maar ik rijdt er niet graag haha
The guy with the beard ('I hate them...')has a very uncivilised attitude towards vulnerable road users.
At any rate, he is right, I believe, about the responsibility of road users in the Netherlands. Bicycle users are not deemed at fault if involved in an accident with a larger vehicle e.g. a car, unless proven so. This put the onus on the driver of the vehicle that can cause the most harm, to be alert and aware of children, older people, and people in general who are walking or on bicycles.
Fabien heeft het goed door, mbt fietsers ;)
Driving seems okay from the side, but parking parallel... I've never seen anything like it in my life. Parking in general, is not done well here... To put it lightly...
lol this is so off it's insane. I have been all around the world, and in the Netherlands it's 10 times beter then most countries. And the French guy needs to learn the traffic laws with bicyclists.
3:50 i want to know the difference 😅
as a Dutchman i can say we are notorious for overtaking at too low speed differences, , afraid to get fined. When doing so, we''re likely to close gaps deliberately when we see people willing to overtake trucks. This is not too bad because we have very well maintained and well signed roads. Belgium has quite bad maintained and signed roads, especially compared to the Netherlands.
De Oostenrijkers vinden dat de Nederlanders de beste automobilisten in de bergen zijn. Dit in tegenstelling met de Duitsers.
The Dutch live in a small country and you can't say they are bad drivers. America is big and big wider and have more place to drive. Besides they may drive at the age of 16 and much be very carful
Raampje werd naar beneden gedraaid en een of andere lomperd schreeuwde : "Kl**tzak!" Ik terug met de woorden: "Wat? Ik ben een dame."
2.21: Do you feel sorry for people on a bike. No, I hate them. They consider they always have priority. I totally agree 😂
Mostly calm behind the wheel... Cyclists is a different thing. Sometimes I think they have a death wish. Or just hope someone will hit them, they survive and then never have to work again in their life! 😅
Also, if someone give you way when he doesn't have to, 99%, isn't a nederlander! But i must admit, as a biker also, i feel really safe to ride here in the Netherlands.
There´s a hillarious joke I heard some time ago about Dutch driving: What happens if a Dutch fails at the exam for the driving licence? Answer: Beeing the friendly country the Netherlands are, people are allowed to drive even without a proper licence. They just have to use a yellow registration plate to show it.
But in all honesty I think they usually are skilled drivers and much more aware of their surrounding then drivers here in Germany. That said, I still don´t like the new 100km/h rule on the snelwegen. Maybe that´s the German in me though. :)
Just like using the wrong character for the apostrophe.
Nah we hate it too.
And if you drive in the north, you'll see that everyone does just 130 anyway
100 km/h is like a cancer for those who likes driving. It's way too goddamn fucking slow. Even granny's drive faster than that.
There should be no speed limits on those roads(snelwegen). Or should we call it TRAAGWEGEN?!
Ik vind ze rustig 😉
You're driving 50 in the city... That's exactly the problem my friend!
Yes, many cyclists think they always have priority, and yes, a lot of them don't have lights... And that's wrong. But still... driving 50 in a city???
That's just dangerous and car addiction behavior...
I as a Dutch taxi bus driver am quite annoyed by the auto squeeze mentality on the motorways. Most people keep an adequate distance, but especially the young males with VW and BMW are just too irritating. I always give a break signal when they do that, just to say 'go off my back you ****'. My taxi bus is way safer than your cookie can. If you hit me from the back, you're dead and I can't be blamed. You were too close to me.
But they are nothing compared to the handyman buses. They are just traffic pirates. Once I drove 100 km/h on the left lane (was the speed limit). They honked, flashed the lights and were putting up middle fingers and were trying to pass me on the right side. They were just jerks.
Ik kan je wel iets vertellen in België zijn de wegen echt heel raar
Edit: voor ons dan
Extremely expensive to obtain a driver's license. The tests are 20/100 success rate and that's for the written and physical test separately. Somehow immigrants have a higher success rate.
Native guy here. I passed my driving test the first time. Both practical and theory. But for the theory I actually took the time to study! Most friends of mine just went to a "quick course" where they don't really teach you the traffic rules, instead they teach you how the questions are formulated and how to deduct the correct answer from the question.
Ok you will pass theory with this, but it's gonna bite you in the ass when doing the practical exam....
@@NiekNooijens I passed both the first time also. But many in the exam room failed. Some even cried.
Yep, and the practical exam costs 250€! On average a Dutch drivers license costs 2500€ in total after lessons and exams. I was so happy I got it in one go.
In randstad rijden we over je tenen als je niet ff snel doet vriend 🤣
1:23 ben jij ok
People from sweden drive 95km where you are allowed to drive 100km because "better save than sorry". Americans drive 100km because "those are the rules". The Dutch like know where you can drive 100km so we can bend the rules and drive 105km 😂👍
Some bikers do think they have priority. And technically they do. But in reality a car hits harder then a bike.
And the car will always lose the battle in court/ having to pay insurance. There are clear rules for both bikes and cars and in many places like roundabouts bikes will have priority something many foreigners aren't used too.
Because cars are potentialy more dangerous to people (pedestrians, cyclists, mopeddrivers and disabled people), Dutch traffic laws tend to command cardrivers to give way and respect to these vulnerable road users more, and make them responsible and punnish them hard(er) when they 're involved in an accident/collision with members of these groups.
In other countries it's more like the law of the jungle, ruled by the strongest, but here we look on things more from the perspective 'who brings in the most danger/pollution, pays more".
And it is a good thing those laws are there. But some drivers are not good drivers, or don't pay attention. And some bikers bike badly because they are protected by said laws.
But in worst case a car going 50, still hits harder then a bike. It is nice winning in court. But if your heavily injured ot worse it does not really matter much.
It pays to pay attention.
@@Paul-ng3xn You need to pay attention to bikes. And do not speed.
@@Paul-ng3xn
Sure. Some cyclists seem a bit careless, almost suicidal, especially younger ones: not paying attention, no lights, with headphones, or staring at and texting with their smartphones, ready to be taken outof the gene pool..
Lucky for them most Dutch drivers are also cyclists and pay attention.
Still, most deaths in Dutch traffic are amongst cyclists, but singular, without any other vehicle or second person involved. Probably drunken or elderly, simply falling by hitting the kerb..
that is why MAX verstappen is so good🤣
In Belgium you don’t need a driver license because they don’t have roads.
wasn't too long ago that in Belgium you indeed didn't need a driver's license. Or rather the Belgian law didn't require a driving test to get one...
Tailgaters and middle-lane hoggers, the lot.
let them hog the middle lane, so they wont bother me when i fly past them on the left :P
In German, NL reads: "nur links" that is "left lane only" which is the fast lane for those overtaking. They move to the fast lane and stay there, whatever speed they're driving at.