It goes wrong when the man crosses the bus lane around 10.10 am yesterday morning. He bumps into the side of the bus and falls hard. “He didn’t broken anything,” says his son Arie-Maarten in conversation with NH.
He does have to go to the hospital to be treated by the injuries on his face. After the treatment he can go home. “We are very grateful that it ended,” Arie-Maarten emphasizes. “My daughter said,” Granite is grandfather. “
Regular witness of accidents
In anticipation of the emergency services, some bystanders take care of the victim, who live right next to the roundabout and therefore often witness accidents.
Arie-Maarten also sees that things regularly go wrong on Burgemeester Kasteleinweg, especially since the redesign. “When it was still a kind of cart track, this also happened. But now you need almost three pairs of eyes,” he says, referring to the new situation where the bus lane runs over the roundabout.
That conclusion was previously drawn by research agency DTV, which after two investigations commissioned by the municipality of Aalsmeer found that the situation on the roundabouts is very unclear. According to the agency, they lure dangerous and undesirable behavior. There are so many rules on the roundabouts that there is a good chance that users unknowingly break some rules.