Dangerous Driving

I nearly got run over again cycling into work this morning. Sometimes people ask me if it is safe to cross the Drake Passage on such a small sailing ship, and I can always say that it is safer to do that, or to fly in an airplane, than it is to go cycling in Amsterdam. Sometimes that is just a joke, but this morning I got run onto the pavement by one of those men in a van who was not really paying attention to the cyclist riding to his right. And then I realise it is true, that cycling in Amsterdam can be a dangerous business.