I love Amsterdam when it snows, but omfg the number of drivers sliding around with summer tires on their cars ...
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I love Amsterdam when it snows, but omfg the number of drivers sliding around with summer tires on their cars ...
Thankfully traffic was light, as most people were smart enough to stay home or take public transit instead.
@notjustbikes It happens once in 3 years. And it’s a lot of fun!
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I love Amsterdam when it snows, but omfg the number of drivers sliding around with summer tires on their cars ...
Thankfully traffic was light, as most people were smart enough to stay home or take public transit instead.
@notjustbikes The modern trend is for 2wd cars (that look like 4wd Tonka toys) running tyres that are too wide, meaning they need a lot of water-clearing tread, which is naff-all use in snow--might as well send people out on skis (or slicks?).
These days I can't even raise the energy to be surprised when people and their cars can't cope
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I love Amsterdam when it snows, but omfg the number of drivers sliding around with summer tires on their cars ...
Thankfully traffic was light, as most people were smart enough to stay home or take public transit instead.
@notjustbikes just recently my timeline on the other website was inundated by photos and dashboard camera videos of the chaos that sudden negatives and snowfalls wrought on my home country, including a horrible pileup and fire on the Kan’etsu
People from warmer/milder climes just don’t realise how much snow might affect their driving
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I love Amsterdam when it snows, but omfg the number of drivers sliding around with summer tires on their cars ...
Thankfully traffic was light, as most people were smart enough to stay home or take public transit instead.
@notjustbikes what is Amsterdam’s policy with regards to snow clearing of bike paths ? Do they have the equipment for it?
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@notjustbikes what is Amsterdam’s policy with regards to snow clearing of bike paths ? Do they have the equipment for it?
@jfmezei @notjustbikes the bike path on the photo on the right was cleared at some point, it just snowed a bit after but it's not a lot
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@notjustbikes what is Amsterdam’s policy with regards to snow clearing of bike paths ? Do they have the equipment for it?
@jfmezei @notjustbikes i live in the east of the Netherlands and this morning i noted that the schoolchildren had cleared the cycle paths quite well by the time i passed by. I don’t know if this is policy though....
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@notjustbikes Which public transport exactly?
@gkaper @notjustbikes yeah NL definitely doesn't see this much snow that often especially where I am. If this continues (unlikely hopefully) they'll need to add some defrosting measures.
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@gkaper the trams are running great!
@notjustbikes @gkaper The trams in Amsterdam were running fine after the freezing nights thanks to an employee initiative called 'Night Riders'.
During the night they would ride trams to keep the overhead lines ice free. They came up with this solution after a similar cold situation years earlier.
It worked and they were proud. With the compliments to them from Melanie the city elder on LinkedIn. And many inhabitants.
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@notjustbikes @gkaper The trams in Amsterdam were running fine after the freezing nights thanks to an employee initiative called 'Night Riders'.
During the night they would ride trams to keep the overhead lines ice free. They came up with this solution after a similar cold situation years earlier.
It worked and they were proud. With the compliments to them from Melanie the city elder on LinkedIn. And many inhabitants.
@rrustema020 @notjustbikes @gkaper Here is an interview with one of them. In Dutch, I’m afraid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAsoO74Qsj4
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@rrustema020 @notjustbikes @gkaper Here is an interview with one of them. In Dutch, I’m afraid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAsoO74Qsj4
@mrtnsnp Don’t be afraid, it’s just a language, it can’t hurt you. @rrustema020 @notjustbikes @gkaper
