Time for a rant. I am, on the whole, one of the more law-abiding cyclists here in Amsterdam. I indicate when I intend to turn the corner, I give way where I have to, and I stop at red lights. Always. Well, almost, even though I seem to be the only one who does.
Just lately I have taken to going through the red light at the end or the entrance, depending on which way you look at it, of the park. The system of the lights has changed so the air here in Amsterdam can become cleaner, that is cars don't have to wait quite so long at the lights anymore. Trams always get priority anyway, so as a cyclist you sometimes have to wait for a long, long time, while you see the lights changing again and again for the cars and trams. After a while I get fed up, especially if there is very little traffic. I'm all in favour of clean air, but why is it that the kind of traffic that is the least polluting has to stand and wait the longest in this air polluted by those who get to go first. I honestly don't understand.
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