The Example Comes From Above

[Sunflogun]

Check out the Dutch PM coming to work riding the bike.

 

[JoanMcWench]

I'll be more impressed if no one can enter unless on an adorable bicycle.

 

[Sunflogun]

You are being too demanding now Joan, I mean, he is the prime minister, so he's giving a great example.

 

[kana_marie]

I thought that was normal over there. I probably watch too much tv.

 

[mpre53]

Cycling is normal. The leader of the government riding to work on one, unescorted by a shitload of security, not so much. Maybe in a place like Holland, yeah, but you'd never see Merkel or Ollande doing it in Germany or Franco.

Putin? He'd ride to work on a Siberian tiger. Bareback.

 

[DancingLady]

That is so cool! What a great way to encourage reducing traffic, emissions, and promoting physical fitness. Big thumbs up from me

 

[slack tidings]

That is so cool! What a great way to encourage reducing traffic, emissions, and promoting physical fitness.

and smegma!

 

[kylerlittle]

That's awesome, so much respect to this man.

 

[Sunflogun]

So true, even if it's normal to ride the bike, the prime minister doing it alone tells a lot about the nature of the country.

 

[limerickman]

The British Prime Minister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJbBoojJHS4

 

[katherine25]

This is awesome, you will never see something like this where I am from.

 

[DancingLady]

This is awesome, you will never see something like this where I am from.

Same here, security is too much of an issue, understandably though. I would not expect our leaders to put themselves in what would be a risky situation here.

 

[Sunflogun]

The British Prime Minister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJbBoojJHS4

Not bad, giving the example as well. In many countries the Prime ministers are just too lazy to ride the bike, a bad example really.

 

[Damien Lee]

Yes, I have tremendous respect for the Dutch government. They are a progressive lot that know how to run an advanced economy, while giving a good example by some of their MPs by riding to parliament on a bicycle. Cycling has always been popular in the Netherlands, but this will only popularize bike riding further.

 

[SirJoe]

Cycling is normal. The leader of the government riding to work on one, unescorted by a shitload of security, not so much. Maybe in a place like Holland, yeah, but you'd never see Merkel or Ollande doing it in Germany or Franco.

Putin? He'd ride to work on a Siberian tiger. Bareback.

Every once in a while you have heads of state promoting themselves this way, I doubt that this is normal. After all they are at risk like any other leader.