Tensions, aggressiveness, accidents: in Brussels, the handlebars and the steering wheel seek to cohabit more serenely transversal

Did you know?Besides World Water, Women's Rights and Poetry Days, there has been a World Bicycle Day since 2018 on June 3.

The UN which decreed it sees it as the opportunity to draw attention "to the advantages of the use of the bicycle - a means of sustainable transport simple, affordable, clean and respectful of the environment".

In Brussels, the bicycle boom is indisputable.Tensions with motorists too.What tensions?What are they due?And what are the solutions to appease the road, to share it?

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Blue arrow and critical mass

In recent weeks, these tensions between motorists and cyclists have been talked about a lot in the media and on social networks.Last Friday, a cyclist was beaten up by three people out of a car, during the critical mass which brought together more than 3,000 people.This event seeks each end of the month to claim more space for bikes in town.

At the beginning of May, the video of a cyclist who voluntarily was overturned by a car in the center of Brussels also circulated a lot.More than 65,000 views for a few minutes that Stéphane, 50, will not forget: "I was going to get involved under the ark on rue de Namur, a car arrived at full speed to cut the road. It's impossibleto go to two, so I pounded on my brakes. And like any human being, came a big word. The motorist stops a little further on the pedestrian crossing, I continue and I say to him "butFinally, I was still in front!All kindly.On this, he replied: "Your mouth!", He starts by making his tires cry.Then he rushed to me ".