As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).
The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – and whether they have any idea how fast they are going in the first place.
My average speed is somewhere around 12km/h sure, but that’s because half of the time I spend on traffic lights, limiting top speed to 20 would just make average closer to 10km/h
Also, I don’t think limit lower than 25km/h makes much sense, but that’s personal opinion that is not backed by statistics. And yeah, I drive a muscle powered bike, not an e-bike, maybe I would’ve thought differently in that case