Bicycles in Amsterdam

And seriously, seriously, you have to go take a look at this post and see how people get around on bicycles in Amsterdam. Below are two pictures of the many wonders to behold over there. Go see the guy with three kids (including two babies) on the front and a dog in the pannier on the back, and I love the one where teddy has the front seat.

I looked at those pictures and thought it's kind of a shame we are not allowed to do such things here in Australia. Recently in the papers here there was an outcry over a woman riding a bike with a baby on her back without a helmet on, but one wonders if there is any real difference in rode safety statistics.