Yeah, in Holland I just used to lock my bike where I pleased. Never more than 10 feet walk from wherever I was going. In London they'd get carted off, nicked or squashed by a van...
They would be extremely unlikely to be carted off, pretty likely to get nicked, and very unlikely to get squashed by a van. The two unlikely ones obviously happen every once in a while, but as they are so rare tend to get over-reported. Curiously enough, there was huge under-reporting in the press of the problem of bike theft in London until we raised the issue to greater attention.
They would be extremely unlikely to be carted off, pretty likely to get nicked, and very unlikely to get squashed by a van. The two unlikely ones obviously happen every once in a while, but as they are so rare tend to get over-reported. Curiously enough, there was huge under-reporting in the press of the problem of bike theft in London until we raised the issue to greater attention.