Bike-friendly Holland is having a hard time adjusting to the new government policy promoting electric/fuel efficient cars — dozens of Smart cars have been tossed into Amsterdam canals this year.
Dutch cyclist Govert de With told Climatewire that,
It’s better if there are no cars.”
Green Hell Blog 
December 27, 2009 at 2:28 pm
You’d think that somebody could do a better job of PhotoShopping the Smart into the picture of the canal. It comes off looking as though it is the size of an HGV cab.
December 24, 2009 at 8:05 am
Well there is a craze in Holland to throw Smart cars in the canals. But it has nothing to do with ‘cyclists’. Its a youngsters prank. Mostly drunk, on an evening out they throw them in the water. Why? Just because they can.
December 23, 2009 at 8:29 pm
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December 23, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I wonder if this could become an olympic sport. Since these are death traps on wheels the owners are safer with them in the canales.
The advantage of owning a hummer is never having to deal with this. Hummer gooood
December 24, 2009 at 4:08 pm
They are big enough to run over your dumba$$
December 24, 2009 at 4:18 pm
you could give be a hummer in the bathroom
December 22, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Schadenfreude, big time. I detest the allegedly smart Smart Cars. I think they are vertical posture coffins with built in casters. Anyone ever see one on the Beltway?
December 24, 2009 at 4:10 pm
That because you are mentally retarded
December 22, 2009 at 10:28 am
[…] Dutch Cyclists Don’t think much of smart cars. […]
December 24, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Thats because most of the ones who ride bikes are students and spend most of there money on marijuana and hookers in the red light district so they are broke and have to ride bikes
December 22, 2009 at 10:28 am
>antigreennuke:
So, your solution is to let the criminals have a pass and punish the victims? You may have a career in the UK courts. These eco-Fascisti are picking on the one who are trying to reduce the problem, and polluting the canals with automotive fluids while they are at it.
December 22, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I was just pointing out that if it is indeed cyclists that are doing the Smart-tipping, then shouldn’t they have a license plate on their bikes? I mean they’re installing license plate scanning cameras in traffic lights now, we’re becoming an Orwellian police state, but cyclists are getting a free ride all the way.
December 22, 2009 at 9:14 am
I sat in a smart car. The Dutch have the right idea. They are better as fishing structure than means of transportation.
December 24, 2009 at 4:11 pm
The smart car has a bigger and better interior than most cars. Youre full of _hit
December 21, 2009 at 4:17 pm
“It’s better if there are no cars.”
Okay, fine. Get all the names of these Luddites and when they need an ambulance, make sure it’s a bicycle ambulance. One that takes an hour to peddle over to his suffering ass and then an hour to the hospital. Oh, and all they can carry to the injury site is all they can peddle with. If he’s obese, then he’ll have to wait for a call to a second bicycle team to come on over to double-team haul his carcass to the hospital. Seems reasonable to me.
December 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm
They can run over your dumba$$ and keep on trucking. Extra 2 points if youre peddling fast
December 21, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Good thing they don’t live in Arizona or the next headline would read “Cyclists squashed like insects on the windshields of pickup trucks.”
December 21, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Good thing that cars have mandatory license plates and VINs. So they can track down these evil car drivers and hand them the bill for pulling the car out of the canal…
December 24, 2009 at 4:14 pm
They should make all bike drivers have the same plates and pay double for blocking traffic