Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands

I've lived in the Netherlands for a year and a half and I realized that I haven't seen a car crash into a building yet. You would think that cars regularly crashing into buildings would signal a problem to most people, but a lot of Americans and Canadians just accept it as normal.

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Bicycle Dutch modernization of 1960s street design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57sa7tjSNk

Netherlands house crashes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhg2s_VufA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRoPWsocLHQ

Speeding driver through intersection by Toronto Drivers Exposed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putyl28Ct1I

Gezicht in de Carnegiedreef te Utrecht:
Photographed by P. van der Linden, 1969
https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/beeldmateriaal/detail/22e53839-19d0-5e6c-bc97-5d9ed09b1225/media/0a2be07b-15b1-ec18-417c-eda84f33e972?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=Carnegiedreef&rows=1&page=25

Various news articles:
https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/5ijyl8/so_this_happened_today_at_queen_and_parliament/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/part-of-parliament-st-closed-after-car-crashes-into-pole-storefront-1.3223782
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/school-bus-rollover-students-injured-1.4149380
https://twitter.com/vcazan/status/872442343605121025
https://twitter.com/PCPappy/status/917805337276813313
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/03/12/car-into-shoppers-drug-mart/
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/no-injuries-reported-as-car-smashes-into-tecumseh-shoppers-drug-mart-1.4770540
https://globalnews.ca/news/4111368/ottawa-shoppers-drug-mart-crash/
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/photos-car-crashes-into-shoppers-drug-mart-window/
https://twitter.com/London_Traffic/status/1006565474388402176
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7247356-no-injuries-as-car-crashes-through-front-window-of-shoppers-drug-mart-in-courtice/
https://sydenhamcurrent.

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