Damsterdiep, Groningen

Bad Dutch infrastructure exists
Bow thrusters at the ready? The busy road here continues left (not straight on), but if the motorist behind is going straight on your journey stops here whilst your bike and some of your limbs are integrated into the radiator grill, and the abrupt 90 degree bend in the cycle lane will be the least of your problems. I cycled this in 2014, and it was one of the very few times I felt unsafe cycling in the Netherlands. This design is so new I had to wait a year to get a photo of it from Google Street View. The Dutch don't always get it right, and when they get it wrong they make the same mistakes as their British counterparts.

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