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Image shows a car occupant, driver or passenger depending on the country's driving side, hand on door latch, upper torso swiveled a quarter turn right and head turned further to face back and out the window where he sees a cyclist's face and helmet about to pass his door. Image has caption which summarizes the Dutch Reach method: Reach (with far hand), Turn, Look, Open.

A driver on right as in UK or a passenger on right front seat as in the USA uses his left, far hand to reach the door latch, swiveling torso and head naturally right and back over his shoulder to look for oncoming traffic. In this image, the occupant sees an on-coming cyclist. This drawing shows how Dutch Reach enables a safer exit from vehicles by making it easy to turn and look back over one’s shoulder and be continuously vigilant before and while opening a car door to exit. Caption in image summarizes the Dutch Reach method: Reach (with far hand), Turn, Look, Open.