Dutch speed limits on cycle paths

[nogoodnamesleft]

Are young kids riding them? Seems dangerous!

You can't know the age of anybody (I don't have kids) but to me some looked maybe 10 years old. You get some small fat bikes for younger kids.

I believe the Dutch Government are considering requiring riders of fat-bikes under a specific age to year helmets!

(What Dutch call "fat bikes" I'd call electric motorbikes with token/redundant pedals).

 

[Dogtrousers]

Leaving aside the facts that there could be no evidence based justification, and no one would ever enforce it ... would 12mph be fair?

Well, if course, it depends. Some of the time, yes. The cycle path through my local park is often busy and I doubt I go over 10mph when riding it. So for paths well used by pedestrians - maybe. But for cycle paths beside main roads where peds are few and far between, no it wouldn't. So you'd need differently classified cycle paths with speed limit signs.

It's a stupid idea.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I believe the Dutch Government are considering requiring riders of fat-bikes under a specific age to year helmets!

Imo, the Dutch Government should rather increase the minimum age for riding such a "bike"!

You can't know the age of anybody (I don't have kids) but to me some looked maybe 10 years old.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Imo, the Dutch Government should rather increase the minimum age for riding such a "bike"!

I agree (and based on my experience cycling around them). But dutch people I talked to about it said dutch Government looking to add restrictions but on the table currently just helmedt below a hiven age. Maybe more later.

But just repeating what others said, no referenceable source.