Stupid old men shouldn't drive

[Neil]

I agree the tax is ridiculus, but the bikes is as much a convenience. Distances are short, Urban traffic lowered and parking is cheap for a bike.

On that particullar aspect Aleberta and Denmark are in very different places, geographically.

True.  I also think that Denmark's long series of evil governments have had a great interest in reducing the personal freedom and mobility of the citizenry, for social reasons.

[Barrister]

In Denmark the registry tax on cars is 180% making used cars equally expensive

Wow.  No wonder Denmark looked so fucked up while I was there, with bicycles chained to every upright structure in sight.

Failed state.

I agree the tax is ridiculus, but the bikes is as much a convenience. Distances are short, Urban traffic lowered and parking is cheap for a bike.

On that particullar aspect Aleberta and Denmark are in very different places, geographically.

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Denmark = huge small parking lot

Fixed my own post.

[crazy canuck]

Stupid old men shouldn't drive indeed.
Men under 25 get a lot of crap from insurance companies and all the blame for accidents...but its usually OAPs that are to blame.

Apparently not.

Teenage Driver Facts:
Deaths. Each Year over 5,000 teens ages 16 to 20 Die due to Fatal injuries caused Car accidents. About 400,000 drivers age 16 to 20 will be seriously injured.

Risks. The risk of being involved in a car accident the highest for drivers aged 16- to 19-year-olds than it is for any other age group. For each mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are about four times more likely than other drivers to crash.

Stats. Teenagers are about 10 percent of the US Population but account for 12 percent all Fatal Car Crashes.

Costs. Drivers (both male and female) under age 24 account for 30% - $26 billion Dollars of the total costs of Car accidents in the US.

Male Versus Female. The car accident death rate for teen male drivers and passengers is more than one and a half times female teen driver (19.4 killed per 100,000 male drivers compared with 11.1 killed per 100,000 female drivers.

[Valdemar]

parking is cheap for a bike.

You have to pay for parking a bike? 

Nope, hence the very cheap parking

Barrister, compared to Alberta Denmark is a VERY small parking lot, 42.000 sq km or so and far denser populated

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[Valdemar]

I agree the tax is ridiculus, but the bikes is as much a convenience. Distances are short, Urban traffic lowered and parking is cheap for a bike.

On that particullar aspect Aleberta and Denmark are in very different places, geographically.

True.  I also think that Denmark's long series of evil governments have had a great interest in reducing the personal freedom and mobility of the citizenry, for social reasons.

Possibly, but they still amange to maintain a comparably large foce in Afghanistan without have to resign the government, or running away with the tail between its legs...

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[garbon]

If your wife hadn't been driving, this wouldn't have happened.

[Habbaku]

People live in Denmark for one thing.

Danish women?  Pastries?