They keep being hit by bikes. Well, I saw the aftermath of various child/pigeon-bike interface scenarios yesterday on my ride home from work. The pigeon incidents -- yes, plural -- were more visceral but less noisy than the child one. Although, the little girl's father was complaining loudly to the cyclist who'd "hit" her, stating that he shouldn't have been cycling so fast. The cyclist was trying to make the point that the girl actually clipped his rear wheel as she shot across the cycle lane, and therefore it wasn't his fault, but the father was having none of it. He was clearly trying to transfer his sense of guilt at having failed to keep an eye on his daughter, resulting in her injury, to the cyclist. The moral of the story: don't let your kids play near busy cycle paths. Or if you do, don't be surprised if they get hurt.
I guess another answer to the question posed in the blog title could have been that they're both annoying pests. But that would seem a little harsh. On the pigeons.
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You are 100% right on both counts!
Actually and admittedly as a parent myself Im really surprised at the base attitude so many parents in Amsterdam have toward their kids. Ive watched little ones wander out of a plyground and into the bikelane many times, all to the great surprise of their otherwise engaged guardians. Usually their guardians are drinking Heinekin and chatting self-importantly with adult friends while their kids get into harms way.
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