News Archive: 2018 January – June

Dutch Reach Driving Guide by Kia


Korean auto manufacturer Kia Dutch Reach animation in English. June 2018.

UK Window Repair Co. Knows!

Dutch Reach: the technique encourages people to use their arm furthest from the door to open with. This means reaching across your body to get to the handle, forcing you to turn as you do so and therefore making you look behind you or into the mirror where you would spot a cyclist.

Car Dooring – What It Is & How To Avoid It, Wind Screen Co. June 2018. Dutch Reach for left hand side-of-road driving nations. Read full article here; click to enlarge.

Dooring verhindern, Abstand halten | RADFUNK

May 2018.

A Death Foreseen; Protected Lanes Thwarted

The 7200 block of S. Stony Island. CDOT has proposed a road diet with bike lanes on the avenue, which could have prevented this crash, but Alderman Hairston has blocked the change.

Cyclist Killed on Stony Island, where 5th Ward Alderman Hairston has blocked Chicago DOT's plan for protected lanes. The driver who doored cyclist Luster Jackson, age 58, was not cited. Streetsblog Chicago, by John Greenfield, July 31, 2018. Click here for article. Click image to enlarge.

Police de la Ville de Montréal

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.

Dutch Reach Video: PSA by CAA SCO

Search Dutch Reach Campaign Video from Share the Road - Canada on Vimeo. 22 May 2018.

"Cross Check" is Australian for "Dutch Reach"!

Bang! Always Cross Check. From an anti-dooring brochure by National Road Safety Partnership Program, AU. Click image to enlarge. View brochure & poster here.

ประเทศไทย Thailand: WinNews on Dutch Reach

 

Let's always be aware that whether you are a driver or a passenger, when you open the car door. Use the other hand to open the car door. (Do not use the hand near the door to open the car door). Automatically, we have to turn. This helps to see the surrounding environment. There are many examples of dooring collisions & crashes in Bangkok & in Thailand

ปลอดภัยไว้ก่อน เทคนิคเปิดประตูรถ : รู้จัก The Dutch Reach คืออะไร ?Thai: How the Dutch Reach Could Save Lives. WinNews, 28 ส.ค. 2560 28 Aug 2017. Click image to enlarge | คลิกที่นี่เพื่อดูรูปใหญ่. Click here for story | คลิกที่นี่เพื่อดูเรื่องราว  Here for video | ที่นี่สำหรับวิดีโอ  Here for GIF | ที่นี่สำหรับ GIF

Update of UK Highway Code Overdue

Major British cycling advocacy organization calls for overhaul of UK Highway Code to address bicycling safety concerns.

Inclusion of the the 'Dutch Reach" The above recommendation was one of over 80 we made in our 'Cycle safety: make it simple' response to the Department for Transport's Cycle Safety Review.. Click image or here for article. We Are Cycling UK, 5 July 2018

Entering Pop Culture: 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.

Dooring & 'Dutch Reach' Awareness in So Central Ontario

52 per cent members cycle at least occasionally and less than 1/4 of them were aware of the legal consequences of dooring. And, 86 per cent have not heard about the Dutch Reach method. Dooring accidents usually go unreported. Opening the car door using the Dutch Reach is not a common practice. Only 15 per cent of those surveyed use Dutch Reach and they are either cyclists themselves or are males and younger members.

Spring 2018 survey of CAA members indicates need for public education on road sharing with cyclists, especially with regard to dooring and its prevention. Can Cyclists Use the Entire Lane on the Road? by Junisha Dama, Inhalton, June 17, 2018. - Link.  Study reveals stark lack of awareness of dooring, its dangers, illegality & means of avoidance. Click image to enlarge. CAA SCO Press Release on Survey here.

Việt Nam - Vietnam

authorNhật Nguyên Thứ Năm,  Dân Việt, ngày 24/05/2018
 Chỉ một vài chi tiết nhỏ nhưng sẽ giúp tránh được nguy hiểm cho người khác

Dutch Reach Video: PSA by CAA SCO

Search Dutch Reach Campaign Video from Share the Road on Vimeo.

The Drive to Save Lives Tour - Teen Safe Driving

Passenger side or UK left side of road driving country diagram of duch reach shoulder check for oncoming cyclist to avoid car dooring.

Reach Across' graphic by The Drive to Save Lives Tour, a teen safety speaker outreach organization, Vancouver, WA, USA.

High-Curvature Convex Side Mirror

Supplement wing mirrors with high curvature secondary mirrors.  Photo: Keep cyclists safe by doing the Dutch Reach, Lisa Boynton, May 07, . 2018. Canadian Automobile Assn.

Doored & Teaching the Reach

After suffering multiple injuries from dooring incident, Canto resident Betsy Kepes' letter calls on public to use the Dutch Reach to avoiding cyclist - car door collisions.

Betsy Kepes suffered dooring injuries; calls on drivers to practice Dutch Reach habit. Fellow citizens, local and state officials must hear our plea. Letter to Editor, North Country Now, Postdam, MYS, June 18, 2018 - link. Click to enlarge.

FahrradPortal: Berliner Kampagne zur Reduzierung von Autotürkollisionen

Um Dooring-Unfälle zu vermeiden, sollten Autofahrende vor dem Aussteigen unbedingt an den Schulterblick denken. Besonders wirkungsvoll ist dabei der so genannte Holländische Griff: In den Niederlanden lernen alle Fahrschülerinnen und Fahrschüler, die Fahrertür mit der rechten Hand zu öffnen. Dabei dreht der Oberkörper nach links und der Blick geht automatisch nach hinten. Herannahende Radfahrende werden so rechtzeitig gesehen. Auch Beifahrer sollten aufpassen und ihre Tür mit der weiter entfernten Hand, also der linken Hand, öffnen.

Berliner Kampagne zur Vermeidung von Türöffner-Unfällen - FahrradPortal, 12. Juni 2018. Klicken Sie auf das Bild für den Artikel

Clue Revealed


Holmes deconstructs key clue in Elementary episode S06E02: The Dutch Reach.

HAWAII: Dutch Reach Resolution HR 24

Urging Dept. of Transportation to include the Dutch Reach in Hawaii's driver education courses.

State of Hawaii, USA: House Resolution H.R. 24 submitted calling for introduction of the Dutch Reach anti dooring method into state driver education curricula. Feb 15, 2018. Click here for HR 24 as pdf.

WIRED: PSA of the Week

Rudy Giuliani-Inspired PSA of the Week Former New York mayor turned presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani doored a pedicab driver while exiting a car in midtown Manhattan on Thursday. Do not be like Rudy! Protect your friendly neighborhood cyclists by practicing the “dutch reach”: Use the hand furthest from the car door to open it, ensuring your head turns and looks up the street before heading outside.

WIRED magazine cites Dutch Reach; chides Rudolf Giuliani for dooring pedicab.
This Week in the Future of cars, by Marshall Aarian, May 18, 2018.

City of London, UK: Cabs to Reach 'Dutch'

We will look to advertise the ‘Dutch Reach’ approach, using the far hand when opening doors, which makes looking behind natural. We will reinforce the message through collaboration with the taxi driver groups and articles in taxi driver magazines.

Road Danger Reduction and Active Travel Plan, 2018-2023, [pdf] City of London Corporation, UK, includes Dutch Reach training for hackney carriage drivers & passengers (p. 47) to help achieve London Vision Zero. City will also work with major ride-share companies Addison Lee, Green Tomato & Uber to teach the 'reach'.  Related road.cc coverage of Plan here.

Another Dooring by the Rich & Famous

Manhattan, NYC City door Strike pedicab driver while opening suv door. Image of Rudy Giuliani looking surprised with right hand raised, looking at Dutch Reach logo.

"Safer to open car door with far hand".  Dutch Reach Twitter PSA features Rudy Giuliani as poster child for the Reach method after Giuliani doored a pedicab driver in Manhattan, NYC, 17 May 2018. See: New York Daily News; UK Daily Mail;  WIRED. In 2016 British Transport Secretary Chris Grayling doored a cyclist in Parliament Square, London and left the scene without calling police, emergency medical, nor exchanging identification with victim.

Another NYC Fatal Dooring : Aaron Padwee, 45 d. May 29, 2018

Cyclist struck by abruptly flung open car door, falls, run over, killed by box truck, driver no license. May 29, 2018 New York City. Dutch Reach needed.

Police report of fatal dooring in Long Island City, Queens,, NYC. Click image to enlarge. Reports: NBCNY, Twitter, QNS, No charges for driver, StreetsblogNYC, Aaron Padwee Remembered, Daily News.

The Great State of Illinois Goes 'Reach'

Dutch Reach anti dooring technique move, habit or measure is now officially part of driver education in Illinois USA.

State of Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) added the far hand 'Reach' method to the 2018 Illinois Rules of the Road. Ride Illinois & Chicago DOT advocated for Dutch Reach inclusion. Doorings are a major cause of cyclist injury in Chicago. Illinois is now the second US state to adopt the measure. Click here for IL Driver's Manual pdf. See p. 43.

Cycling UK: 'Sam Says' Anti Dooring Campaign

Sticker: Stop before you open the door. Check for cyclists. Sam Boulton's family, We Are Cycling UK launch Dutch Reach lobbying effort in United Kingdom based on dooring victim, artist, father, Sam Boulton's tragic death due to heedless passenger exiting taxi.

'Sam Says' anti dooring campaign announced by Cycling UK charity, with vehicle window sticker to check for cyclists, & a video asking the Dept for Transport to make Dutch Reach an official driving manual instruction. Click image for article & video.

May 2018.

Autotüröffnung Kollision, München .de

Der 50-Jährige parkt an der Landsberger Straße und achtet nicht auf den Radfahrer. Der bleibt mit dem Lenker hängen, stürzt und bricht sich die Hüfte.

"Sturzunfälle ... können durch den sogenannten "Holländischen Griff" vermieden werden: Im Prinzip öffnen Autofahrer nur mit der rechten Hand die Fahrertür und blicken automatisch über die linke Schulter." -- Autofahrer öffnet Tür - Radler schwer verletzt. Süddeutsche Zeitung SZ.de, 21 Mai 2018.

NYC: Pedicab doored by ex-Mayor Guiliani/Staff

Exiting Cadillac SUV, Rudy Guiliani or one of his staff attorneys or driver doored a passing pedicab driver in Manhattan NYC. No occupant as yet admits to responsibility for collision. Police reluctant to ticket drivers, passengers in doorings. Trump's lawyer no comment or admission.

Dooring of pedicab driver by former NYC Mayor Rudolf Guiliani &/or aides: New York Daily News, 17 May 2018. No summons filed. Click to enlarge.

NYC Vision Zero Road Share Lessons with 'Reach'

Training video for drivers of for-hire vehicles, complete with advice for accommodating cyclists - Vision Zero NYC.  Learn more at TransAlt & scroll down.  Far hand 'reach' taught at 1 min. 49 sec.  Article & stills from video here.

New Vehicle Egress for Cyclist Safety - UK Instructional Video

By Integrated Transport Planning, Birmingham, England, UK.

Burbank PD Dutch Reach Infographic (adapted)

Drivers & passengers should use the Dutch Reach technique of opening vehicle doors when exit cars, trucks, vans, taxis, uber to prevent, avoid & reduce motor vehicle, motor cycles and bicycle collisions, injuries, & deaths involving bicyclists on our roadways.

Keeping Cyclists Safe with the Dutch Reach. To prevent dooring cyclists, City of Burbank Police Dept., CA, is promoting the Dutch Reach technique. with an original Infographic (view & download as pdf here). Dutch Reach Project has adapted BPD's design (above). Click image to enlarge.

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.

"I guess we do need the Dutch Reach...."

Even the best get doored: Driver flung door with her near hand - & let go. Cyclist veers, handlebar scraped, kept control.

Car Doorings - A Daily Scourge, Globally

Dutch Reach: Zur Vermeidung solcher Unfälle soll unter Autofahrenden der sogenannte holländische Griff bekannter werden: Dabei wird die Tür mit der rechten statt mit der linken Hand geöffnet – so macht man automatisch den Schulterblick, weil sich der Oberkörper dreht. Gleich vier Menschen wurden am Donnerstag vergangener Woche in Berlin schwer verletzt – durch Unachtsamkeit von Autofahrenden. Am Morgen fuhr ein Radfahrer gegen eine geöffnete Beifahrertür und zog sich dabei schwere Verletzungen

Police: Four seriously injured cyclists in one day. Two were doored. Dutch Reach - der holländische Griff - is advised - Leute, Tagesspiegel, by Nele Jensch, 3 May 2018 .

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.

Motorcyclists also get doored by drivers / passengers

Could Dutch Reach save motorcyclists?

"The Dutch Reach is a simple technique of opening a car door that could save motorcyclists filtering through traffic from being “doored”. Instead of using the hand closest to the door, the driver or passenger simply uses their far hand (left hand in right-hand-drive countries and vice versa in left-hand-drive countries) to open the door." - Mark Hinchliffe, Motorbike Writer, 18 Mar 2018. Click image for article. See also:  Doorings - not just bicyclists!

Cycling UK's '6 Policies' Campaign includes Dutch Reach

Cycling UK sets out six simple policy changes for the Government The 'Cycling safety: make it simple' campaign is asking the government to make its key areas of change a priority KIERAN HOWELLS APR 25, 2018

We Are Cycling UK and families of cyclists killed, call for six policy changes. Read article & view Cycling UK's campaign campaign announcement & video.. 25 April 2018.

Delivery Workers Door & are Doored

Accidents, stress and uncertainty: food delivery riders lift lid on work conditions - The Guardian Australia, 30 Apr 2018. Delivery cyclists are at high risk of doorings & other bicycle/motorist collisions. "A survey of 160 riders conducted by the Transport Workers Union in January found 50% had been hurt on the job or knew someone who had. Riders spoke of being hit by taxis, “doored” by cars and of experiencing near misses on a weekly basis."

Der Holländische Griff GIF! - Stadt Berlin de

Der Holländischer griff - GIF: Frames - Berlin.de

Rücksicht mit Rückblick- Respect or consideration by looking back, or by retrospect. Road & bicycle safety campaign by the City of Berlin Germany to prevent dooring injuries & deaths by using Dutch Reach far hand method for exiting vehicles by passenger s7 drivers. Displays 13 frames of GIF produced to promote this education training program.

GIF: Der Holländische Griff von Stadt Berlin, Frame by Frame. Rücksicht mit Rückblick ['Look Back with Respect']. View GIF animation here. Click image to enlarge. 

Stadt Berlin: Pressemitteilung

Senatsverwaltung für
Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz

Aufspringende Autotüren: Unterschätzte Gefahr für Radfahrende

Rücksicht mit Rückblick:  den „Holländischen Griff“. Pressemitteilung vom 21.03.2018,  Stadt de Berlin.de.

Death of a Delivery Man - New York City

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Delivery Cyclist Juan Pacheco Dooring is illegal, and has caused at least five cyclist fatalities since 2012. But NYPD isn't ticketing drivers who do it. By Brad Aaron Apr 27, 2018 Cyclist Killed By Driver Opening Door In Morningside Heights BY CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS, Gothamist APR 26, 2018 NYC delivery man 'doored' by oblivious SUV occupant dies from his injuries after getting thrown from bike - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.

Delivery man doored, dies of injuries due to by improperly parked & oblivious SUV driver. NY Police of Precinct 26 fail to press charges, part of NYPD pattern with serious and fatal doorings. See articles by The Gothamist, New York Daily News & StreetsBlogNYC. April 2018. See related story re: Doorings toll on delivery workers in Australia.

Vehicular homicide by dooring

Burbank man dies after he’s thrown from his bike and hit by a passing truck having been doored while cycling in bike lane.

Fatal dooring in Burbank, LA as cyclist thrown into truck's path. April 17, 2018. Reports: Biking in LA & Burbank Leader/LA Times.

Nova Scotia Lawmaker & Editorial for Dutch Reach

The News, Nova Scotia Canada.EDITORIAL: Life in the slower lane, calls for Dutch Reach law & education to prevent dooring injuries & deaths.

NS' The News, Editorial calls for Dutch Reach law & education. 9 April 2018.

‘Why wouldn’t you make cycling safer?’ Cycling UK asks government


Cycling UK pleads six simple actions for safety: 1) Reform offenders before re-licensing 2) Separate bike lanes from traffic, 3) Standardize infrastructure, 4) Require wrap-around cab windows for lorries 5) Restore traffic enforcement staffing, and 6) Add the Dutch Reach to traffic code. Read road.cc article here.

Dutch Trick!: Suomalainen - Finnish

Boston Globe diagram of Dutch Reach adalpted for Finnish as Dutch Trick.

Hollantilainen temppu: Avaa ovi oikealla kädellä. Näet takaa tulevat pyöräilijät. [Dutch Trick: Open door with right hand . You can see back for oncoming cyclists.]

The Dutch Cure...

Vietnamese - Advice from the Tulip Kingdom

Cách mở cửa ô tô để không gây tai nạn

Nên mở cửa bằng cánh tay xa cửa hơn (Open with far arm). Vietnamese Dutch Reach.

 

ไทย - Thai

  เปิดประตูรถแบบ Dutch Reach #คมชัดลึก -- WARNING - Graphic motorcycle dooring crashes displayed.

Fort Wayne, CO, USA

Motorists must learn to pay heed to bicycles

"...use something called a Dutch Reach to open the door when exiting the vehicle" -- Dave Gong | The Journal Gazette | April 1, 2018

Ελληνικά: "Opposite Hand Trick"

Η "ολλανδική λαβή"; 1. Πιάστε τη λαβή με το μακρινό σας χέρι 2.Σας επιτρέπει να κάνετε ναζήτηση για ποδηλάτες. The Dutch Handle or Reach in Greek, with diagram., also opposite hand trick: Το αντίθετο χέρι τέχνασμα

Discus Thrower's Greek Dutch Reach

Ελληνικά / Greek - Dutch Reach

Η "ολλανδική λαβή" 1. Πιάστε τη λαβή με το μακρινό σας χέρι 2. Σας επιτρέπει να κάνετε αναζήτηση για ποδηλάτες

Η "ολλανδική λαβή" - 1. Πιάστε τη λαβή με το μακρινό σας χέρι 2. Σας επιτρέπει να  κάνετε αναζήτηση  για ποδηλάτες. (The Dutch Handle). 1. Grasp the handle with your far hand. 2. It allows you to search for cyclists.)

En français, pour prévenir l'emportierage

Les Néerlandais atteignent, 1. Atteignez la poignée de la porte avec votre droite. 2. Vous permet de regarder en arrière pour les cyclistes. French translation of Dutch Reach anti dooring graphic from the Boston Globe.

Les Néerlandais atteignent, ou Le 'Dutch Reach'. Cliquer sur l'image pour l'élargir.

BERLIN de Launches Dutch Reach Campaign

Do you know the Dutch Reach....in Korean?

Dec 2017.

Bike Cleveland Adds Dutch Reach

Photo of line of parked cars with large question mark beside each door, suggests fear of cyclists as the approach, whether they will get doored by a careless driver or passenger dooring the.

Drivers: Are you doing the Dutch Reach? - from Bike Cleveland's Dutch Reach anti dooring webpage. Click image to view.

Twelve Roadsharing Lessons

12 GIF animations of the most common bicycle - motor vehicle crashes, with pointers and advice how to avoid crashes.

Click here or image to view. More here.

BIKE PITTSBURGH'S DUTCH REACH VIDEO

The Guardian - Cycling Bike Blog

Cycling Bike blog Blogger Helen Pipps wants the Dutch far hand anti dooring method to become part of the British driver training program and test for licensing. She was recently doored for the first time after 15 years of cycling and commuting by bike.

The Guardian’s Bike blogger Helen Pipps calls for the ‘Dutch reach’ to included in Great Britain’s driving test. 6 Feb 2018.

Bangkok Post, Thailand - Motorbike Risk

Terror on two wheels

"In the Netherlands, there is something called the "Dutch Reach", which is a method of opening a car door with the hand farthest from the handle, so in a right-hand driving country like Thailand, this involves..." -

Erich Parpart Senior Reporter - Asia Focus
8 Feb 2018

NEW ZEALAND

BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA (CROATIAN - HRVATSKI)

In Croatian / Hrvatski from Sarajevo, Jan 1, 2018:: Dutch Reach explained by a Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina / Bosnia & Herzegovina radio station. Drivers use right hand to open car door to avoid accidental doorings of bicyclists.

Dutch reach / Zašto biste uvijek trebali otvarati vrata automobila desnom rukom [Why you should always open the car door with your right hand], RadioSarajevo.ba
Reports on the Dutch Reach, 04. 01. 2018.

Leicester Mercury - UK

Alert on 'dooring' to cut deaths - but is it against the law?

ByAlex Ballinger  9 JAN 2018

Cambridge News, UK - Dooring Incident

Cyclist knocked over outside Abbey Stadium before Cambridge United match

The cyclist had no time to dodge the accident, according to a witness
ByJasmine Watkiss  13 Jan 2018

Der Holländische Griff

Der holländische Griff: 1) Türe öffnen mit der anderen Hand. 2) Sie schauen also automatisch zurück. Dutch Reach in German, diagram of driver reaching around with far hand to open, doing over the shoulder view to check for oncoming cyclist to avoid dooring accident with cyclist or motorcyclist

Deutsche

'Quoted' - Car Insurance News

Sharing is Caring: How to Share the Road with Cyclists
6 Tips:    #1  Adopt the Dutch Reach

Quoted, published by The Zebra, car insurance marketplace. Feb 13, 2018

Dutch Reach & Distracted Parking - NZ

Distracted parking:  Driver, cyclist & Dutch reach versus smart phone, Michael Moreu, editorial cartoon, Christchurch, NZ, 20 Jan 2018.

也就是荷兰开门法吗？ [Chinese: What is Dutch Reach opening method?]

Chinese language blog post on the Dutch Reach method to avoid car dooring crashes with bicyclists, motorcycles & moped or other vulnerable road users. New Zealand door collision & far hand technique reported.

也就是荷兰开门法吗？What is the Dutch Reach opening method? 像荷兰人那样用离车门最远的手去开车门，强迫自己扭动身体向后看。Like the Dutch, use the hand farthest from the door to drive the door and force himself to twist his body and look back. Click on image to enlarge. Click here for Sohu webpost & videos. Sohu, 2018-01-18.

 

And yet doorings still happen in NL

Fietsster (55) overlijdt na botsing met autodeur in Almelo

Cyclist (55) dies after colliding with car door in Almelo

ALMELO - A 55-year-old woman from Almelo died last Sunday from her injuries she sustained earlier last week in an accident at her place of residence. - 1/24/2018.

The CBC's Brett Purdy explains the 'Dutch Reach'

Video:  The 'Dutch Reach' explained CBC News: Winnipeg, Jan 10, 2017.

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