Dutch Reach in Popular Culture

Dutch Reach on TV quiz shows, detective series, song & poetry, & a rhetoric blog

Quite Interesting (QI) - BBC Game Show

Q: What is the wrong way ....? Quite Interesting - BBC Comedy Game Show, Series O, Episode 13. Jan 26, 2018. [Found: Apr 2019]

Springbo's Dutch Reach Song

Jeopardy Quiz: Say what?

Jeopardy Quiz: Say what?

Jeopardy used Dutch Reach dooring prevention video clip for "Be Safe" question. CBS, 4 Dec 2018. View video at 3m 40s. Click image to enlarge.

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Lingua Franca

blog post rhetoric of national names for derogatory or positive purposes, cooring, safety tip used as example of a coinage which praises the Dutch.

Have You Heard of 'Dutch Reach'? On Collision and Derision in Language, by Rose Jacobs, Lingua Franca Blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 Oct 2018. Click image to read.


Sherlock Solves Lies, Saves Lives, with Dutch Reach

Dutch Reach dooring prevention move or method used in Elementary TV series) with Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. Dooring prevention measure used as plot clue to solve the case, & capture fake terrorist gang threatening to use a dirty bomb against Muslim sites in New York City.

"Once You've Ruled Out God" - Elementary episode S06E02, May 9, 2018. Modern-day Sherlock Holmes (
Jon Michael Hill) cracks terror case with...The Dutch Reach. 9 May 2018 on CBS. Click image to view on OniTube. Climax triggers at 33:30 m/s. Clue revealed on YouTube clip here.

Dutch Reach Poem to Music, UK

Poem set to music for Road Safety describe the dutch far hand reach anti dooring method, drum accompaniment

Murray Lachlan Young's Dutch Reach Poem, Sounds, BBC, UK. 3 Apr 2019. Clickhere for article, audio, transcript.

Macmillan Open Dictionary

Macmillan Dictionary, Dutch Reach definition: a method of opening a car door by reaching over with the hand that is not on the same side as the door. This makes you look over your shoulder and allows you to see if a cyclist is approaching. 2018

Dutch Reach Yoga

Dutch Reach as Stock Graphic for PPTX

Microsoft Powerpoint  presentation template uses Dutch Reach Project's home page drawing as a sample graphic for Vehicle Safety. Noted by @DrTCombs on Twitter, April 15, 2020.