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A government research report advises that Duch doctors should make more use of alternative therapies such as acupunture and that health insurances should cover the costs of alternative medicine. (News paper article in Dutch)
http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4516...

No one has good statistics, for example, on crashes per mile ridden.

In the Netherlands the chance of getting seriously injured or dying in a traffic accident is 4.7 times larger on a bike than in a car (per kilometer). The Netherlands probably has the safest bicycle infrastructure in existence so if we can't do better the situation is clear: riding a bike is much more dangerous than using a car. Note that cycling includes mountain biking and other sports accidents while motor sport accidents are not counted in the car fatalities.

Another thing to consider is that many bicycle related fatalities are related to carelessness of the bicyclist while in cars this is less so. As a bicyclist you probably have more control over on your own fate than you do in your car, where technical problems and the simple fact that you may be a passenger are also a factor. When acting carefully, bicycling is probably much safer than the numbers indicate.

However, that only takes accidents into account. While there are a lot of them, we're still talking about a only few accidents per billion kilometers driven while most people don't get much farther than about 100000 kilometers in a lifetime. So obviously by far most bicyclists never get involved in a serious accident at all. Even though driving a bike is 4.7 times more dangerous than driving a car, the risk is still _extremely_ small.

On average, bicycle accidents are responsible for a shortening of the life expectancy in the Netherlands by about a WEEK while regularly riding a bicycle increases life expectancy by several MONTHS! So while the chance of dying in a bicycle accident is much larger than the chance of dying in a car accident, the certainty of dying when never riding a bike is much larger than when not doing so;-)

Also interesting to note is that additional exposure to polluted air while riding a bike lowers life expectancy by up to a few WEEKS. Obviously that's much more than the traffic accidents.

But that's the Netherlands. Bicycling may very well be MUCH more dangerous in countries that aren't equipped with a ridiculous amount of bicycle lanes. If the chance of a lethal bicycle accident is 10 times or so higher in the USA, the car is probably the better choice. Given the lack of data and given my experiences bicycling in other countries I really wouldn't advice riding a bicycle in actual traffic anywhere but in Netherlands...

Sources (in dutch):
- Article on the 4.7-number: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/D-2012-05.pdfâZ
- Health benefits of cycling: http://www.groen7.nl/gezondheidsvoordelen-fietsen-veel-groter-dan-risicos/
- Accidents/kilometer: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Factsheets/NL/Factsheet_Risico.pdf
- More numbers: http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4492/Nederland/article/detail/3323533/2012/09/28/Ergernis-en-ongelukken-op-drukkere-fietspaden.dhtml

The problem is that the definition for hacking is overly broad. If you enter an URL in the address bar, and change just a serial number in the URL, it is considered hacking. Like finding Queen Beatrix's Christmas speech before it was officially published http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/12/25/hacker-kersttoespraak-van-geen-kwaad-bewust-tijdens-strafbare-actie/ (in Dutch). Or proving access to medical files by MP Henk Krol http://nos.nl/artikel/447718-krol-vervolgd-om-hacken-dossiers.html (in Dutch).
IT journalist Brenno de Winter calls the guidance useless. "If hackers first have to report the vulnerability, they lose their anonymity without having a guarantee that they will not be prosecuted. And even if a company promises that it will not press charges, the Public Prosecutions Department can start a case." Link here: http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5133/Media-technologie/article/detail/3372108/2013/01/04/Richtlijn-ethisch-hacken-lost-niets-op.dhtml (in Dutch).

See this: http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/6700/Wetenschap/article/detail/2969042/2011/10/15/Oudste-Nederlandse-vrouw-had-bijzondere-genen.dhtml
And translate for yourself.

But I've never been asked to show it once so far. You do need to carry an ID, but you only need to show it if you are a suspect: http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1243615.ece (dutch)

"Do you mean "choosing a mayor", and do you have any links even in Dutch?"

Yes I do.
Sure:

http://rechtennieuws.nl/17971/kabinet-schaft-burgemeestersreferendum-af.html (abolishment of the referendum)
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederland/article1491930.ece/Burgemeestersreferendum_uit_de_gratie.html (no more subsidies for referendums about mayors)
http://www.overheidsmanagement.nl/nieuws/id1668-28402/burgemeestersreferendum_utrecht_mislukt.html (failed referndum in Utrecht, only 9% voted and it costed more than 600.000 eur).
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/laatstenieuws/article1764662.ece (failed referendum in Eindhoven)

"Do you mean "choosing a mayor", and do you have any links even in Dutch?"

Yes I do.
Sure:

http://rechtennieuws.nl/17971/kabinet-schaft-burgemeestersreferendum-af.html (abolishment of the referendum)
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederland/article1491930.ece/Burgemeestersreferendum_uit_de_gratie.html (no more subsidies for referendums about mayors)
http://www.overheidsmanagement.nl/nieuws/id1668-28402/burgemeestersreferendum_utrecht_mislukt.html (failed referndum in Utrecht, only 9% voted and it costed more than 600.000 eur).
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/laatstenieuws/article1764662.ece (failed referendum in Eindhoven)

The only link i could find to the actual interview in which she made the statement is in Dutch. I hope it's useful to you though. The interview itself was published in dutch newspaper 'Trouw' on Saturday, January 25th, 2003. link