Canada – Vancouver, BC; Montreal; Toronto, Ontario; Halifax & Nova Scotia

Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ)

L'ouverture pivot pour éviter l'emportiérage à vélo, Vélo Québec et Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), 2 Sept 2022.

SAAQ Will Teach 'Reach' for New Permit

Vélo Québec

Coroner tells SAAQ teach Dutch Reach, raise dooring fine

See also Dutch Reach: Quebec coroner recommends technique to open your car door after cycling death, Montreal CTV News, 29 June 2022 (article & video).

Health Provider Preaches the 'Reach'

In an effort to prevent dooring injuries, Fraser Health urges drivers to use the “Dutch Reach.” - Jennifer Palma, Global News, B.C., Canada, Sept 13, 2021. Read Fraser Health's advisory here.

Fraser Health Video, Canada

Do the Dutch Reach! (article with instructions), Indo-Canadian Voice, 13 Sept 2021.

CAA Advises the Dutch Reach

Keep cyclists safe by doing the Dutch Reach, Lisa Boynton, May 07, .2018. Canadian Automobile Assn.

CAA Dutch Reach Graphic

WITHIN REACH - A simple manoeuvre can spare cyclists from serious injury. Here's how to do the Dutch Reach, Canadian Automobile Assn, CAA Magazine, Summer 2020. Click on image to enlarge. Also see here.

Dutch Reach - Alberta Edition

Travelling Safely on Alberta's Roads, Dutch Reach advisory included in Alberta Cycling Coalition's education pamphlet.

Drivers, Passengers: Dutch Reach!

Practicing the Dutch Reach forces you to check over your shoulder. CAA & Share the Road graphic, c/o TPS Traffic Services, CA.

Dutch Reach for Bike Safety

Use the Dutch Reach. CAA & Share the Road Infographic. CAA Magazine, April 02, 2020

Dooring Death in Vancouver BC

"...witnesses reported the victim had swerved to avoid a car door opened by a driver whose vehicle was parked in the curb lane." - Cyclist dead after collision with truck in North Vancouver,
Brent Richter / North Shore News, 27 Jan 2019.

Canadian Auto Assn So. Central Ontario

Memorial Ride & Call for Safety

Decal Spotted in Modo Ride Share - Vancouver

Dutch Reach decal sighted in Vancouver, BC, Canada; by Modo rideshare company. Click image to enlarge. First posted on Twitter here.  Modo's Dutch Reach web post here. 27 Jan 2020. View more Dutch Reach reminders here.

Modo Ride Share Dutch Reach decal as jpg hi resolution

Modo Ride Share's Dutch Reach window sticker as hi-resolution jpeg above; or as PDF here for download & printing.

Zoomer Podcast: Dutch Reach Bill for ON

MPP Stiles introduced Dutch Reach bill in Ontario legilature to protect vulnerable road users from doorings.

Zoomer Radio Podcast: The Dutch Reach with MPP Marit Stiles, 5 Mar 2019. Click image to view & listen..

Canadian Automobile Assn & Share the Road Cycling Coalition Go Dutch! - Article, Video


Canadian Automobile Association announced a  joint road safety campaign  with Share the Road Ca to promote the Dutch Reach. See:: Why Is the Dutch Reach Important for All Road Users?, by Andrew Raven, CAA Magazine, 4 May 2018.

As a driver, it is important that you make sure to open your car door safely by: x Checking your rear view mirror. Using the hand farthest from the door to open it. That way, you will have to rotate your body, making it easier to check your blind spot.

Montréal's Police now advise the far hand / reach across habit to avoid doorings. In 2014 Montréal cyclists launched "Une Porte Une Vie", an anti dooring campaign which advocated the 'reach' method. Click image or Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal - Dooring for webpage.

Vancouver: Plea for Driver Retraining

Vancouver drivers should practice Dutch Reach to keep cyclists safe in door zone,
By North Shore News, Vancouver Is Awesome, July 19, 2019.

Ontario to debate Dutch Reach Bill Apr 18, 2019

Ontario legislature to ferbate teaching the Dutch Reach anti dooring measure, its inclusion in drigres manual, driver education & licensing exam

Queen’s Park Update: MPP looks to bring the Dutch Reach to Ontario, Share the Road Cycling Coalition, Mar 25, 2019.

Uber/Canada’s Pickup & Dropoff Safety Pilot

CBC: Dutch Commonsense

The Safest Way

Henk van der Zwan, ambassador at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa, demonstrates the "Dutch reach," where a driver uses the hand furthest from the door to open it, forcing the upper body to turn and better see cyclists coming up from behind. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC)

Netherlands' Ambassador demonstrates the 'Dutch reach', In North America, it's called the "Dutch reach," but in the Netherlands, they don't even need a name for it — it's that common. "It's in our DNA ...." - Ottawa Morning, CBC, 25 April 2019. Article & gif .

Toronto Star Endorses Dutch Reach Bill

" Ford government should support this bill and include the Dutch reach in the next printing of the driver’s handbook."

Protect cyclists from dooring with the ‘Dutch reach, by Star Editorial Board, May 1, 2019 .Toronto, Canada.

Dutch Reach Bill 89, Ontario, Canada

Private bill submitted by Marit Stiles MMP, Ontario Legislature, April 2019.

Bill 89 2019: An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to ensure the Dutch reach method is included in driver education programs, Ontario Legislative Assembly, [Accessed May 2, 2019] Link to bill & status.

Ontario Teach Reach Bill: Method Defined

Description of preferred method for safe egress of vehicles to avoid dooring bicyclists causing injury or death.

Definition of Dutch Reach method in Bill 89, Teach Reach Act, 2019, Ontario Legislative Assembly. Link to Bill 89.

Toronto Cyclists vs Dooring: 2005 to Present...

Call for Stronger Dooring Penalties, B.C.

CANADIAN TV NEWS - TORONTO

CTV NEWS   -  THE DUTCH REACH
October 14, 2016

Canadian TV Toronto news report on the Dutch Reach, with footage of doorings, interview with policeman, cyclist & executive director of Toronto Bicycle organization.

CTV Toronto: Single step can prevent dooring. Click screen or here to view.

Toronto, ON, Ca: BlogTO

Emportiérage:- SPVM

Emportiérage: La Poignee Hollandaise: pour éviter les accidents de portières. Service de police de la Ville de Montréal

Dooring Motion before TO Public Works Committee

PW25.13 Motion to Reduce the Number of “Doorings” in Toronto submitted by Toronto Board of Health for Public Works Committee hearing 29 Nov. 2017.

Click image for motion PW25.13 to be heard 29 Nov. 2017.

Toronto Sun - Opinion

BRAUN: Cyclists and drivers need to step up their game

In Holland "people practise what’s called ‘the Dutch Reach’ when opening their car doors."
by Liz Braun   Nov 19, 2017

TO City Councillor Gets It

Nova Scotia Legislator (& driving instructor!) pushes 'Dutch Reach'

Dutch Reach

Progressive Conservative MLA Pat Dunn is calling on the McNeil Liberals to pass a common-sense bill that would require drivers to practice the “Dutch Reach.” Dunn, himself a driving instructor for 12 years attested, ", I know the benefits of adding this to the curriculum...this is an easy safety measure that can be enacted." Click image for Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party announcement, 5 April 2018.

Nova Scotia: Bill 115 to Add Reach to Driver Handbook

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:.1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately before Section 301 the following Section: 300C Service Nova Scotia shall include in the Nova Scotia Driver's Handbook information advising the driver or a passenger in a parked vehicle to open the door of the vehicle with the hand furthest from the handle of the door in order to better spot incoming cyclists.

A bill to amend the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act to add far hand 'Dutch Reach' advisory for road safety of cyclists and other road users, submitted April 2018 by MLA Pat Dunn. View legislative progress & find bill's text here. Click image to enlarge.  MLA Dunn announces Bill 115 submission.

Canadian MP Calls for Dutch Reach

Faites les Dutch Reach pour Sauver des Vies

In Parliament, Canadian MP Joel Lightbound urged public support for the Dutch Reach technique to protect cyclists from dooring death or injuries. Canadian Cycling, Magazine, 18 Nov 2016.

Dutch Reach Bill Introduced in Ontario Assembly

Marit Stiles MMP Introduces Private Members Bill on the “Dutch Reach”
April 18, 2019. Read more here.

Dooring Reduction Motion before Toronto Public Works Committee - 29 Nov 2017

PW25.13 Motion to Reduce the Number of “Doorings” in Toronto submitted by Toronto Board of Health for Public Works Committee hearing 29 Nov. 2017.

Click image for motion PW25.13 - Referred to staff, 29 Nov. 2017.

Proposed Rivisions for Road Safety Act of British Columbia

Road Safety Law Reform Group in British Columbia submitted a detailed proposal to update B.C.'s Road Safety Act.  Issued in 2016,  the RSLRG proposal pre-dates the Dutch Reach campaign's promotion of the far hand dooring countermeasure. However B.C.'s Transportation mnistry and ICBC - the Royal Crown company which provides vehicular insurance - have both endorsed and are now promoting the Reach method.  Hence it well may find itself included should the province revise its road safety regulations.

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Will Toronto Finally Tackle Doorings?

Cyclists push for a meotion to reduce 'dooring' collisions in Toronto, Ottawa, as reported by Rogers Media Television, CityNews reporter FAIZA AMIN, on NOV 25, 2017

Faiza Amin, CityNews TV, Nov. 25, 2017. Toronto, Canada. Click for video & article.

TO City Councillor Gets It

Blog TO - Toronto Progress

TORONTO FACES DOORING CRISIS

CityNews Toronto video of Dooring crisis that City Council must address. Demonstration of Dutch Reach anti dooring motion done with a car door during Council meeting.

Click for in-depth video/article on Toronto's dooring crisis & 29 Nov 2017 Public Works Committee meeting.

Dooring Motion before TO Public Works Committee

PW25.13 Motion to Reduce the Number of “Doorings” in Toronto submitted by Toronto Board of Health for Public Works Committee hearing 29 Nov. 2017.

Click image for motion PW25.13 to be heard 29 Nov. 2017.

Side Mirror View Alone Not Dependably Safe

Cop caused car dooring of bicyclist failed to use Dutch Reach. Special Investigative Unit of Toronto Police excused officer for momentary inattention rather than finding department failure to properly train officers in safest habit or procedure or method to avoid dooring crashes.

Police officer who relied on wing-mirror as standard opening procedure doored cyclist. Officers apparently not trained to perform shoulder-check habit with direct sight back as with Dutch Reach. See: Toronto Star, 13 Nov 2018. See:  SIU Director's Report.


Toronto Star Editorial, 2017

Editorial headline & photo from the The Toronto Star, 3/9/17, which calls for Dutch Reach as a simple solution to doorings. Photo of upset doored woman with bruised arm.

Protect cyclists from dooring: Editorial, Toronto Star, March 9, 2017.

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CityNews - Toronto

Cyclists push for a motion to reduce 'dooring' collisions

by Faiza Amin  Nov 25, 2017 - Article, video.

Comment dire "Dutch Reach" au Québec

C'est officiel: Au #Québec, le Dutch Reach est l'ouverturepivot ou l'ouverturehollandaise! - Office québécois de la langue française,.

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