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Almost died in a crash... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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Hey all, I hope everyone's alright.

I'm visiting the Netherlands and I almost died while riding a bike.

I'm at a town with a university, and this is my 3rd day in the town; so I don't know all the streets by heart.

I was riding a bicycle, through a cross road, and wanted to make a left turn, from the right side of the road. I crossed the road first, before crossing to the left, when I saw that there wasn't any bike lane ahead, so the bike lane is only on one side of the road; two directions in one big bike lane.

So I turned around to go back to the initial point, and I saw no traffic light in this direction.

I crossed the road while the traffic lights for the cars ahead turned green, and there was a car turning at a moderately high speed straight to my direction. The car had to brake hard and stopped just 20cm before crashing into me, and I could see the panicked-angry face of this dude, cussing at me with two middle fingers violently waved in my direction.

I'm sure it was my fault and I feel awful... I shouldn't have turned around directly, and should've done 3 crossings instead.

Lesson learned and all, but facing the possibility of death is awful. And I'm pretty sure I made one extra Dutch to hate visitors/immigrants (especially on a bike). I hope he can forgive me, and I wish safety to all the students.

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[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I would rather not get used to that 😅.

The bike lane is amazing, it's just that sometimes they are one way at and at the outer side of both ways of the road, and some times they are dedicated roads with two direction/lanes. It can get confusing for newcomers.