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In the Netherlands, normal people cycle to work and the grocery store or use public transit. It's just more convenient. As a result, only people who like driving use the roads. Netherlands is considered the best country for driving a car.
When you see a maniac driver, blame a politician who put in oNe MoRE lAnE instead of investing in safe transit.
The roads here are super bad, for sure. But it's not exclusively the politician's fault! Just mostly ;)
You can't forget that these drivers are making the conscious decision to not be careful in a multi ton flattening machine
It's not a conscious decision. A lot of people can't be careful all the time. They could be neurodivergent, or have an addiction, or just be tired. If there's no way to get around without a car, then neurodivergent, drunk, high, and tired people have to drive cars. And that's bad.
It's not always a conscious decision, but that doesn't mean it isn't sometimes. I would argue that many more bad drivers are just bad drivers rather than they can't help it. I could be very wrong about that, but it won't change my anger when someone almost causes a pile up because they didn't look before changing lanes, you know?
I do agree that having poor/no public transportation (and no sidewalks!) is terrible, and I think a lot of cities that want to keep their residents alive are working to fix that, such as the city I live in. They're adding sidewalks in a bunch of places and making downtown more walkable, but it doesn't change the fact that it's still mostly stroads!