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Saturday 1st September 50-65F, misty and calm. The mist was very thick at 7am but soon cleared. I returned from my walk in warm sunshine @ 58F. I'm being allowed out for an early shopping ride. And was. Back in time for morning coffee and wholegrain rolls with marmalade. Only 7 miles.
Elderberries.
Sunday 2nd 55-67F, sunny with light winds. Another warm walk in bright sunshine. Two kittens were playing outside a house so I stopped to say hello. A day of clouds and sunshine reaching about 67F. No ride today.
Denmark seems to be having an epidemic of speeding offences. 6900 drivers were pulled over in only two weeks at the start of the school term following the summer holidays.
Last year well over 1.5 million drivers were caught speeding out of a total population of only 5.7 million. Over half of whom must be under age children. Probably another quarter of whom are too old to drive or don't even own a car. Many Danish city dwellers choose not to own a car. 46% of Danes own a car. 41% do not. Only 20% of commuting is done by bicycle.
So desperate for visitor numbers, he was reduced to posting pictures of fluffy kittens. 😉
These figures must be measured against the very small number of operational, police camera vans. Or police personnel standing beside the road with a handheld radar gun. There are still only a tiny number of speed cameras in Denmark. The police tend to site their main "speeding" activities near schools and roadworks. Which is even more worrying for the statistics.
It has even been suggested that Denmark, which considers itself a major cycling country, should now limit children riding to school until they are at least ten to twelve years old. It now being considered too dangerous to cycle to school here. What with all the speeding motorists delivering their [often] obese, unhappy and unfit offspring to the school gates.
The speed limit in Denmark is 50kph - 30mph - in built up areas and 80kph - 50 mph - on most country roads. Not that you'd ever know it. To drive at the legal speed limit in Denmark is to quickly discover that you are an endangered species.
Denmark seems to be having an epidemic of speeding offences. 6900 drivers were pulled over in only two weeks at the start of the school term following the summer holidays.
Last year well over 1.5 million drivers were caught speeding out of a total population of only 5.7 million. Over half of whom must be under age children. Probably another quarter of whom are too old to drive or don't even own a car. Many Danish city dwellers choose not to own a car. 46% of Danes own a car. 41% do not. Only 20% of commuting is done by bicycle.
So desperate for visitor numbers, he was reduced to posting pictures of fluffy kittens. 😉These figures must be measured against the very small number of operational, police camera vans. Or police personnel standing beside the road with a handheld radar gun. There are still only a tiny number of speed cameras in Denmark. The police tend to site their main "speeding" activities near schools and roadworks. Which is even more worrying for the statistics.
It has even been suggested that Denmark, which considers itself a major cycling country, should now limit children riding to school until they are at least ten to twelve years old. It now being considered too dangerous to cycle to school here. What with all the speeding motorists delivering their [often] obese, unhappy and unfit offspring to the school gates.
The speed limit in Denmark is 50kph - 30mph - in built up areas and 80kph - 50 mph - on most country roads. Not that you'd ever know it. To drive at the legal speed limit in Denmark is to quickly discover that you are an endangered species.
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