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Photo of a young man cyclist riding on heavily traffic'd street in Salem, MA, USA, no helmet, wearing red jacket.

To avoid 'doorings'...
Photo: John Blanding, Globe Staff.

The Boston Globe: To Avoid 'Doorings'... , Sept. 8, 2016

To avoid ‘doorings,’ cyclist wants drivers to do the ‘Dutch Reach’

By Steve Annear - Globe Staff, Sept. 08, 2016.

 

Two women ride their bicycles on the Lindengracht market in Amsterdam in August 2004. Credit: Michael Kooren/Reuters

Two women ride their bicycles on the Lindengracht market in Amsterdam in August 2004. Credit: Michael Kooren/Reuters

BBC World Service & PRI: The World, Sept. 27, 2016

This easy maneuver, borrowed from the Dutch, could be life-saving for cyclists

Host:  Marco Werman,  WGBH/BBC/Public Radio International

Diagram shows birds eye cut-away view of a driver, such as in the UK, or a front passenger, using the far hand method to reach across one's chest to the car door latch. The motion causes the upper torso to twist, allow head to turn almost directly back over the shoulder and out back to watch for dangerous on-coming traffic before opening car door wide & exiting.

The Dutch far hand reach method naturally causes drivers or passengers to swivel & gain a clear view of on-coming traffic before fully opening & exiting the vehicle.

UK - THE TELEGRAPH

UK - THE TELEGRAPH

Twitter all you like but Dutch Reach no laughing matter.

How opening your car door like the Dutch could save someone's life

by Hugh Morris for The Telegraph, UK
8 February 2017

99% Invisible: A Clever Workaround, Oct 7, 2016

The Dutch Reach: A Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from Getting "Doored".

By Kurt Kohlstedt

The Dutch Reach: Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from Getting “Doored”

New York Times - October 6, 2018

Michael Charney Dutch Reach Project to prevent dooring crashes & accidents New York Times article documents Netherland's far hand safety habit, danger of open car doors.

The Dutch Reach: A No-Tech Way to Save Bicyclists’ Lives, Smarter Living, by Tanya Mohn, NYT, 6 Oct 2018. Clcik to view.

The Outspoken Cyclist - WJCU Radio Interview, Oct 8, 2016

Outspoken Cyclist podcast Header; a bike show hosted by Diane Jenks

Dutch Reach Interview  -  Show #316, Oct. 8, 2016

[starts at 36 minute mark]

Show #316 – October 8, 2016

Upworthy.com: One easy adjustment - Sept. 27, 2016

How one easy adjustment called the Dutch Reach could save bikers' lives.

By Erin Canty

http://www.upworthy.com/how-one-easy-adjustment-called-the-dutch-reach-could-save-bikers-lives

CleanTechnica.com: Learn The “Dutch Reach”, Oct 16, 2016

Learn The “Dutch Reach” & Save Lives
by Cynthia Shahan

Learn The “Dutch Reach” & Save Lives

Treehugger.com: Do the "Dutch Reach", Oct. 3, 2016

Do the "Dutch Reach"

Here's how drivers can help save cyclist lives: Do the "Dutch Reach"

By Lloyd Alter

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/heres-how-drivers-can-help-save-cyclist-lives-do-dutch-reach.html

CTV News, Toronto: Single step can prevent dooring, Oct. 14, 2016

How using your right hand could save a cyclist's life.

Misha Gajewski, CTVNews.ca

http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/how-using-your-right-hand-could-save-a-cyclist-s-life-1.3113572?autoPlay=true

PSA of Linked @DutchReach Tweets: "The What? The Dutch Reach?? Never heard of it"

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UK Transport Minister Chris Grayling's 2020 Dooring Incident

Infamous dooring captured by a following cyclist's video cam, eventually sent on to The Guardian after Minister Grayling was recognized in a news broadcast minimizing cyclists' right to the roads.  See The Guardian's December 15, 2015 coverage. (Also here). A next day's Letter to the Editor provided the first UK press mention of the Dutch Reach.  Cycling UK seized upon the incident making it a cause célèbre.  Together with their ongoing advocacy over Sam Boulton's dooring death in Leicester, Cycling UK's campaign succeeded, leading  the Department for Transport's pledge to add the Dutch Reach to UK's Highway Code in 2020.

Letter to The Guardian re: Grayling, Dooring & Dutch Reach

First appearance of the Dutch Reach in UK media. Letter to The Guardian, 16 Dec 2016.