Graphics, Flyer, Stickers (A)

Dutch Reach Parking Alert sign with black silhouette of driver & approaching cyclist on on black figures on white background. Driver is turned facing back with far hand on door latch, doing the Dutch Reach technique, using far hand anti dooring method to open latch, turned & to look over shoulder to scan for on-coming bicyclists or traffic. Figures & bike wheels are in ISO international standards organization's style. Design by New York Bicycling Coalition & Dutch Reach Project.

Older man using left (far hand) in Dutch Reach to open car door part way, looking back for on-coming bicycles or other traffic before fully opening to exit. 

Picture the Dutch Reach ... & Display it widely!

Below you can find graphics to help you teach and promote the "Dutch Reach" method in your community, city, state or nation!. Some are by amateurs or professionals who volunteered their talent.  Others are by graphic artists, photographers or videographers working with cycling or road safety advocacy groups, government agencies, news and media companies, independent blog sites and individual social media contributors. Click most any to expand, view or copy.

Uner TOOL-KIT also view Anti Dooring Gallery – Photos &Graphics (B) & Graphics: Decals, Cards, Stickers, Reminders (C).  "Pre-Dutch Reach" anti-dooring graphics may be found under the drop-down menus for MEDIA, RESEARCH and RESOURCES.

Other earlier graphics may be found at this Google Share folder [or this updated link] of materials used in prior anti-dooring and cyclist road safety campaigns around the globe.  A large collection of Reach-related images & texts may be found by scrolling through Twitter at: @dutchreach, #dutchreach, as well as at #dooring, #cardooring, #doored, #doorzone, etc. Other search terms are found at Dutch Reach Social Media Logs

To cast your net ever more widely, search using Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo etc., for Dutch Reach > Images or Videos or search terms such as Dooring, Doored, Doorzone, Bike Car Door Crash or Accident, etc. alone or coupled with ~ photos, ~ cartoons, ~ stickers,  ~ graphics, ~animations, etc.  Use foreign language equivalents to transcend the English speaking world!

View collections of Dutch Reach videos at RESOURCES >> Videos & Animations >> Dutch Reach English Videos, Foreign Language Videos, Road Sharing videos.  Please note:  Most every menu bar box or drop-down box contains content - click to open each.

Boston Globe Dutch Reach graphic annotated by DR Project: "Fling-less! Direct sight is best. Door nudge can warn",  and replaced "right' hand with "far" in box 1.

Dutch Reach graphic for Left-side-driving nations w/ text added. Cr: Boston Globe.

More graphics & stickers: (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

Red, black & white verticle format sticker of driver inside car using far hand reach across method to scan for aproaching cyclist seen in white on black background. Created by Nick Moore of MA, donated to Dutch Reach Project for public use.

Dutch Reach sticker / graphic: as PNG, JPG, CMYK or RGB file. Download, print & distribute! Credit: Nick Moore.

Dutch Reach UK Caution Sign: Yellow diamond sign with black silhouette of driver performing far hand anti dooring method to open latch, turned & to look over shoulder to scan for on-coming bicyclists or traffic. Figure is in ISO international standards organization's style. Design by New York Bicycling Coalition & Dutch Reach Project.

Dutch Reach for Bike Safety

Use the Dutch Reach. CAA & Share the Road Infographic.

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.

Vehicle operator Dutch Reach safety tip from Pennsylvania Dept .of Transportation. Source: Borough of State College, PA.

Dutch Reach illustrated with instructions in English. Credit: Road Safety Wales / RoSPA. See Cymraeg (Welsh) versions here. Click on image to enlarge.

Dutch Reach Parking Alert sign for UK with Black silhouette of driver & approaching cyclist on on black figures on white background. Driver is turned facing back with far hand on door latch, doing the Dutch Reach technique, using far hand anti dooring method to open latch, turned & to look over shoulder to scan for on-coming bicyclists or traffic. Figures & bike wheels are in ISO international standards organization's style.No logos. Design by New York Bicycling Coalition & Dutch Reach Project.

Click images to enlarge.

Dutch Reach diagram US p9 Cambridge Street Code

Dutch Reach diagram US p9 Cambridge Street Code

Dutch Reach diagram US p9 Cambridge Street Code

Dutch Reach diagram US p9 Cambridge Street Code

Source:  Cambridge Street Code (2016), p. 9.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, version with cyclist, window, steering wheel and dotted line of sight between driver & cyclist.. Figure swivels for left over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Silhouetted iconic human figure in solid black on white background, seated but swiveled to left with right far (right) hand extended to 'door latch', head turned back over left shoulder with arrow line of sight backwards looking, scanning, for on-coming bicyclists, cyclists, vulnerable users or other traffic or vehicles which might otherwise be doored if occupant opened car door heedlessly. Doorings can result in serious, even fatal injuries to exiting drivers or passengers as well as more commonly to cyclists. The Dutch Reach method shown in the image prevents careless exiting of vehicles. This graphic symbol is intented for traffic signs, parking signs, warning to prevent and avoid doorings by exiting occupants in or adjacent to traffic or travel lanes. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, Figure swivels for left over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

Dutch Reach Sticker for UK 450 ppi png. Credit: NM

Dutch Reach w/ Cambridge Street Code graphic: Use Far Hand to Open.. Reach across, Swivel. Turn out to mirror & look back over shoulder. Open slowly. Exit facting traffic. Left side of road UK driving country.

Dutch Reach w/ Cambridge Street Code graphic: Use Far Hand to Open.. Reach across, Swivel. Turn out to mirror & look over shoulder. Open slowly. Exit fact traffic.

Duych Reach Diagram, The Times of London, montage.

Dutch Reach Diagram, The Times of London, montage.

Modo Ride Share Dutch Reach decal as jpg hi resolution

Modo Ride Share's Dutch Reach window sticker as jpeg above; as PDF here.

Dutch Reach Sticker for UK B&W png. Credit: NM

Dutch Reach - Cambridge Street Code graphic in German Deutsche

Tim Moore's Dutch Reach sticker greaphic modified by My Renault - colors etc and fllipped horizontally for British road & other left side of road user countries, by Dutch Reach Project.

UK Dutch Reach graphic

Nick Moore "Open Car Door with Far Hand" red, black & blue Dutch Reach sticker with blank header, no text. suitable to insert other languages.

EL "DUTCH REACH" UTILIZA EL "DUTCH REACH" Y SALVA VIDAS. [mano derecha = right hand] Label: labicicleta.net Spanish version of Boston Globe diagram, 31 May 2017.. Trans: The "Dutch Reach" Use the right hand & save lives." Credit: Line drawing c/o Dutch Reach Project - Lissy Herman.

EL "DUTCH REACH"
UTILIZA EL "DUTCH REACH" Y SALVA VIDAS. [mano derecha = right hand]
Label: labicicleta.net Spanish Use the right hand & save lives." Credit: Line drawing c/o Dutch Reach Project - Lissy Herman.

blank Dutch Reach sticker template.for Left-side driving nations . Credit: Dutch Reach Project & Niick Moore.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, Figure swivels for left over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Silhouetted iconic human figure in solid black on white background, seated but swiveled to left with right far hand extended to 'door latch', head turned back over left shoulder with arrow line of sight backwards looking, scanning, for on-coming bicyclists, cyclists, vulnerable users or other traffic or vehicles which might otherwise be doored if occupant opened car door heedlessly. Doorings can result in serious, even fatal injuries to exiting drivers or passengers as well as more commonly to cyclists. The Dutch Reach method shown in the image prevents careless exiting of vehicles.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, Figure swivels for left over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Design: NY Bicycling Coalition. Click image for large png.

Please credit NYBC for use of 'Reach' Icon

"We are happy to share the material we have created and it is branded (with our logo) to NYS but obviously there is design flexibility. If others use or modify we would like credit." -- Paul Winkeller, Exec. Dir., New York Bicycling Coalition.

Cautious Dutch Reach Homonculus. Yellow diamond traffic caution sign with Dutch Reach logo homonculus & We Teach the Reach sign.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign for UK, & other left side-of-road driving countries, version with cyclist, window, steering wheel and dotted line of sight between driver & cyclist.. Figure swivels to right side for right over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Silhouetted iconic human figure in solid black on white background, seated but swiveled to left with right far (right) hand extended to 'door latch', head turned back over left shoulder with arrow line of sight backwards looking, scanning, for on-coming bicyclists, cyclists, vulnerable users or other traffic or vehicles which might otherwise be doored if occupant opened car door heedlessly. Doorings can result in serious, even fatal injuries to exiting drivers or passengers as well as more commonly to cyclists. The Dutch Reach method shown in the image prevents careless exiting of vehicles. This graphic symbol is intented for traffic signs, parking signs, warning to prevent and avoid doorings by exiting occupants in or adjacent to traffic or travel lanes. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

NYBC window decal shows Dutch Reach safe exit habit for UK /left-side-of-road country drivers. Accompanying text box on this webpage (Remember...) describes far hand method & advantages. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

1st Winner! Grand Graphic Challenge to create 'ISO' standard signage for 'Dutch'Reach - New York Bicycling Coalition!

Dutch Reach Caution Sign: Yellow diamond sign with black silhouette of driver performing far hand anti dooring method to open latch, turned & to look over shoulder to scan for on-coming bicyclists or traffic. Figure is in ISO international standards organization's style. Design by New York Bicycling Coalition & Dutch Reach Project.

 

Dear  All!

The Dutch Reach Project has long sought a universal graphic for signage to 'say' & show Dutch Reach at a glance.

This September (2017), New York Bicycling Coalition stepped up.  Following close on their Sharing the Road video (which touts the Dutch Reach), NYBC commissioned Glass Planet Videography to meet the Dutch Reach High Peaks Challenge.

And meet it they have!  Abstracting the line drawing on the Project's homepage graphic designer John Glenn in consultation with NYBC's Executive Director Paul Winkeller & Education Director Ken Crandall  developed a bold sign silhouette, a 'rounded' version is presented here.  Flipped it is suitable for all occupants: drivers and passengers, in both right- and left-road sided driving countries.

DRP and NYBC hopes state & municipal DOTs will promote such signage to get the public to use the 'Reach' and spare our lives!

Ever more graphics and media are welcomed to teach kids of all age groups, for driver manuals and training, for bumper and parking meter stickers, posters, presentations, billboards, publications, etc.  This Project/website collects such imaging as they are discovered on the web.  Please forward any new material you may make or find via Contact .  Do share them widely on social media with friends, family & the public as well as to road safety advocates and sites. Please send as well to Twitter at #dutchreach and @dutchreach.

Thanks!

--  Dutch Reach Project

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, Figure swivels for right over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Silhouetted iconic human figure in solid black on white background, seated but swiveled to right with right far (left) hand extended to 'door latch', head turned back over left shoulder with arrow line of sight backwards looking, scanning, for on-coming bicyclists, cyclists, vulnerable users or other traffic or vehicles which might otherwise be doored if occupant opened car door heedlessly. Doorings can result in serious, even fatal injuries to exiting drivers or passengers as well as more commonly to cyclists. The Dutch Reach method shown in the image prevents careless exiting of vehicles. This graphic symbol is intented for traffic signs, parking signs, warning to prevent and avoid doorings by exiting occupants in or adjacent to traffic or travel lanes.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign, Figure swivels for right over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Design: NY Bicycling Coalition. Click image for large png.

NYBC CAR WINDOW DECAL

New York Bicycling Coalition designed a semi transparent window decal for cars, trucks, taxis, ride share vehicles to educate and prompt drivers & passengers to use the far hand Dutch Reach method or maneuver to prevent dooring crashes with bicyclists or other on-coming traffic when they exit parallel to travel lanes & bike lanes. A box of text explaining the maneuver accompanies this image of a human figure reaching for the door latch, & pivoting to look over shoulder look back & scan for cyclists. An adjacent image shows an bicyclist approaching & now can be seen by the driver or passenger.

NYBC window decal shows Dutch Reach safe exit habit for drivers & passengers. Accompanying text describes far hand method & advantages.

DECAL ADVISES...

'Remember to Reach' is a box of text accompanying NY Bicycle Coalition's Dutch Reach anti dooring reminder decal for driver & passenger windows to prevent dooring cyclings upon exit. Text explains far hand reach method encourages its habitual use.

Text with decal explains Dutch Reach.

utch Reach Universal Sign for UK, & other left side-of-road driving countries, version with cyclist, window, steering wheel and dotted line of sight between driver & cyclist.. Figure swivels to right side for right over-the-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists or other vehicles to avoid dooring crashes. Silhouetted iconic human figure in solid black on white background, seated but swiveled to left with right far (right) hand extended to 'door latch', head turned back over left shoulder with arrow line of sight backwards looking, scanning, for on-coming bicyclists, cyclists, vulnerable users or other traffic or vehicles which might otherwise be doored if occupant opened car door heedlessly. Doorings can result in serious, even fatal injuries to exiting drivers or passengers as well as more commonly to cyclists. The Dutch Reach method shown in the image prevents careless exiting of vehicles. This graphic symbol is intented for traffic signs, parking signs, warning to prevent and avoid doorings by exiting occupants in or adjacent to traffic or travel lanes. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

Dutch Reach Universal Sign for UK/left side-of-road country drivers. Figure swivels for over-the-right-shoulder check for on-coming cyclists. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NY Bicycling Coalition.

To exit auto: Door left, hand right; Door right, hand left. Sécurité routière, France.

Reach for door handle with right hand.

Pivot to use side mirror

Look back to check blind spot.

Confirm safe before exiting,

Reaching with your far hand...Lets to look for oncoming cyclists. The Dutch Reach anti dooring method graphic with driver reaching over with right hand. For right side of road driving countries such as USA, Canada.

Dutch Reach diagram modified for FAR hand, Added text: "Fling-less. Direct sight is best. Door nudge can warn." Credit: Boston Globe Staff.

Dutch Reach Makes Vigilance Physical

Montage is assembled with pre-2016 stop dooring campaigns from around the globe. Most called for drivers to LOOK! The Dutch Reach makes looking a habit.  Find source files here.

"Business Card" for Dutch Reach Project website & email with two line summary of the Dutch Reach method. Last line telegraphs that the Project is an anti dooring campaign.. Small format line drawing of woman initiating far hand method appears to left of text.

Dutch Reach Project 'card-let' hand-out, suitable for 2" x 3.5" basic business card in PNG file format. Use Powerpoint or similar program to customize content for your group.  Use screen shot function, Photoshop, Illustrator or similar programs to create finished file for print shop in required dimensions & resolution.

Dutch Reach diagram 1) Reaching for door handle with your left hand 2)Lets you look for oncoming cyclists. Teaching Dutch far hand technique to avoid dooring crashes with oncomeing vehicles, cyclists, mopeds, motorcycles.

Left driving countries (UK)

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

Les Néerlandais atteignent - Dutch Reach French version of Boston Globe diagram. Caption: 1)) Atteignez la poignée de la porte avecvotre droite. 2) Vous permet de regarder en arrière pour les cyclistes. To avoid dooring cyclists - emportierage.

Français

El "Dutch Reach" anti dooring diagram in spanish:(1) Abrir la puerta del coche con tu mano derecha... (2)...te permitira ver si se acerca algun ciclista. Translation from Spanish: The "Dutch Reach" - (1) Open the car door with your right hand ....(2) ...will allow you to see if a cyclist is approaching. Spanishversion of Boston Globe Dutch Reach diagram, 31 May 2017.

Español

Dutch Reach graphic by Boston Globe staff, May 31, 2017. Instructs far hand anti dooring method to prevent injury to cyclists by carelessly opened vehicle doors.

R-side Road Original

Dutch Reach template for left side of road driving nations or countries shows far hand (left hand) reaching across to door handle forcing upper body to turn allowing easy view over shoulder to look for oncoming cyclists or other vehicles. Credit: Boston Globe staff.

L-side Dutch Reach template

Dutch Reach diagram Boston Globe May 31, 2017. Blank text format for foreign language. Caption dutchreach.org. Shows driver using far hand method to open car door which lets him look see over shoulder to look for oncoming bicyclists or motorcyles to prevent dooring crashes.

Dutch Reach template

Il Dutch Reach: L’apertura “all’olandese” 1) Aprire il fermo della porta con la mano lontana. 2) Ti permette di vedere un ciclista in arrivo. Diagram of driver looking over shoulder to see oncoming cyclist to avoid dooring crash.

Italiano

Sağ Elini Kullan Hayat kurtar - Use your Right Hand to save your life. Dutch Reach method to avoid dooring cyclists or endangering drivers & passengers by dooring crashes. Diagram by Boston Globe.

Turkish

Abrir el coche a la holandesa: 1) Abre la puerta del conductor con la mano derecho. Comprueba si la puerta obstaculiza a algun cicyclista. Un sencillo gesto que puede salvar la vida a los cyclistas. europapress.es. Open the car to the Dutch: 1) Open the driver's door with your right hand. Check if the door hinders any cyclist. A simple gesture that can save the cyclists' lives. Prevents dooring bicyclists.

Español

Ελληνικά - Greek

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

Ελληνικά - Greek

‘Hollantilainen kahva’ - Avaa salpa oikealla kädelläsi... Pyöräilijöille on helpompi tarkistaa. A Finnish language version of Boston Globe dutch reach graphic:

Suomalainen - Finnish

Gujarati

ગુજરાતીમાં લખાણ સાથે 'ડચ પકડ' ચિત્ર.. Dutch Grip illustration with text in Gujarati.

Niederlandse greep

Niederlandse greep: Kijk over de linkerschouder. Reik naar de deur met de rechterhand. Omkijken naar fietsers gaat zo makkelijker. NU.nl

België - Dutch Reach

Dutch Reach:   1)  Open de bestuurderskant met je rechterhand.  2) Kijk of er een fietser aankomt.    NWS - België. 

Deutsch

Öffnen Sie die Autotür mit Ihrer fernen Hand

Española - Spanish

Japanese - Dutch Reach

あなたの遠い方の手でドアを開ける.      「ダッチリーチ」方式   

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 Dutch Reach

Let's go Dutch with the Dutch Reach. Do not use left hand to open the door. It's too easy to miss what's coming up behind you, and your door might cause a crash. Do Reach for the door handle with your right hand. You'll automatically turn toward the door and notice approaching traffic and people biking. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition sfbike.org

Let's Go Dutch...Reach! SFBC

Spoof traffic signs:  Drivers! Avoid bicyclists!  Cambridge Street Code, p. 3.

Gujarati -

ગુજરાતીમાં લખાણ સાથે ડચ રીચ (પકડ) સ્ટીકર. ક્રેડિટ: નિક મૂરે અને ડચ રીચ પ્રોજેક્ટ. Dutch Reach sticker with text in Gujarati. Credit: Nick Moore and the Dutch Reach Project.

Française

简体中文 - Simplified Chinese

U.K. Left Side Driving

Don't Eat A Cyclist!!!  Use far hand Dutch Reach; Source: BGWH, adapted for Left side driving nations.

Turn & Look: Do the Dutch Reach

Turn & Look, Do the Dutch Reach, Credit: Cycling UK, adapted for Right Side Driving.

Left Hand Template

Template - Add country's language.

Right Hand Template

Template - Right hand version. Add country's language.

National Bike Month Close Doors. Photo from cyclist point of view about to get doored. Caption calls for use of Dutch Reach tool kit at URL.

This Bike Month CLOSE DOORS with Dutch Reach tool set at dutchreach.org

Far hand to latch with reminder ribbon, with Dutch Reach icon.

Far hand to latch with reminder ribbon, with Dutch Reach icon. More reminder examples here.

Montage using MassDOT animation screenshots for Scan the Streets & use Dutch Reach.

10 Advantages of the Dutch Far Hand Method

10 Reasons why the Dutch far Hand Reach method for exiting vehicles to avoid dooring is safer for cyclists and car or vehicle occupants, dirvers & passengers when they open car door to exit. These reasons include: Curbs wide flinging; turns one to view side mirror; enables direct view after mirror view is lost; partial opening can warn cyclists; far grip allows fast retreat & closing; works for all exiting occupants, drivers & passengers front & rear; steps you out facing traffic; replaces flawed near hand practice; becomes an automatic muscle-memory habit, not just advise.

Not all Dutch Far Hand Reach advantages are obvious. 10 reasons are given above (clickon list to enlarge). A more thorough explanation is given here.

A crowded montage selection of anti dooring Dutch Reach graphics created by volunteers, media outlets, bike advocates from around the globe, centered around a screen shot from the Outside Magazine Online video which made the "Dutch Reach" meme go viral.

Montage of Dutch Reach anti dooring graphics. One year on, far hand method imagery is now a vital part of international anti-dooring activism.

Boston Globe, May 31, 2017 Dutch Reach explanatory graphic in gray & orange on white illustrates method as cut-away front view as if through car windshield with man reaching far arm (right arm in US) across to door latch, swiveling in his seat to door an over the left shoulder scan or shoulder-check to look for on-coming traffic. A cyclist in silhouette is depicted approaching along side the car, viewed as by driver through side window. Two text boxes briefly describe the far hand method to prevent doorings of cyclists and other car door collisions. Globe graphic has here been adapted for business card format & distribution for education & outreach for the Dutch Reach by Stephen Bingham of California.

Graphic: Boston Globe staff. Adapted as card handout by Stephen Bingham, CA.

Ride Illinois & Chicago DOT seek updates to Illinois Road Rules & Driver's Manual to teach road sharing safety practices to Illinois drivers & passengers. The Dutch Far hand method for avoding dooring of bicyclists is included. Graphic & text promote use of the far hand showing a driver using right hand to reach to door latch, swiveling left to look over shoulder for on-coming traffic before opening car door.

Graphic. Source: Ride Illinois.

EL PERIODICO DEPORTES: GIF animation screen shots & composites show 'Dutch Reach' versus 'Near Hand' habit.

"Dutch Reach": la forma de abrir la puerta del coche que puede evitar la caída de un ciclista.  El método, con la mano contraria a la puerta, fuerza a mirar atrás para comprobar si viene alguien, evitando el punto muerto del retrovisor. - El Periodico Deporte: 19 June 2017, by ASIER JIMÉNEZ LARZÁBAL / Barcelona, Spain.  Click here for article & animation.

GIF Graphic of initial position for Near hand to open car door is dangerous. El Periodico Deporte describes & illustrates the Dutch Reach to prevent dooring crashes, injury or death of cyclists, using GIF animation contrasting the use of the near versus the far hand to open the car door.

GIF Graphic of side mirror check of near hand position for Near hand to open car door is dangerous. El Periodico Deporte describes & illustrates the Dutch Reach to prevent dooring crashes, injury or death of cyclists, using GIF animation contrasting the use of the near versus the far hand to open the car door.

3/3 GIF Graphic screenshot of near hand habit use resulting in dooring collision with on-coming cyclist along side vehicle, hit partially opened door because driver did not look out & back over window side shoulder, causing injury, death, door damage. Shows that Near hand to open car door is dangerous. El Periodico Deporte describes & illustrates the Dutch Reach to prevent dooring crashes, injury or death of cyclists, using GIF animation contrasting the use of the near versus the far hand to open the car door.

1/3 wise use of far hand to open: "Dutch Reach": la forma de abrir la puerta del coche que puede evitar la caída de un ciclista El método, con la mano contraria a la puerta, fuerza a mirar atrás para comprobar si viene alguien, evitando el punto muerto del retrovisor. - El Periodico Deporte: 19 June 2017, by ASIER JIMÉNEZ LARZÁBAL / Barcelona, Spain. One of a series of 6 screen shots - 3 using near or wrong hand habit; 3 using the far Dutch Reach safer habit. Source: El Periodico Deporte's GIF animation contrasting the near versus the far hand methods for opening vehicle doors. It demonstrates the advantage of the Dutch Reach as the driver turns outward and back thus seeing the on-coming cyclist and avoids dooring him or her.

ElPer UK driver used near hand to open car door without looking in mirror or doing over the shoulder check and Dutch Reach, causing collision with on-coming cyclist who hits door,

El Periodico graphic edited & reversed for UK shows driver using side view or wing mirror to check on-coming vehicles or cyclist before using far hand to open & get clear view back with over the shoulder check aka Dutch Reach with use of far hand to open & avoid collision, crash with cyclist.

ElPer UK arrows show show driver reaches to open door handle to exit using far hand Dutch Reach. Curved arrow indicates swivel motion which will allow over the shoulder check to view on-coming cyclists or vehicles before opening vehicle door to exit safely.

ElPer UK bike back arrives arrows

ElPer UK driver did far hand Dutch Reach allowing good over the shoulder check allowing view of on-coming cyclist for safe exiting.

El Periodico graphic adapted to show UK driver who completed Dutch Reach far hand method allowing cyclist to pass without collision.

ElPer US driver used near hand to open car door without looking in mirror or doing over the shoulder check and Dutch Reach, causing collision with on-coming cyclist who hits door,

ElPer US driver checking mirror for on-coming traffic or cyclist, ready to use far arm to reach across to open car door before exiting, w mirror arrows Dutch Reach graphic

ElPer US smallbike arriv, arrows: Image shows driver using far hand Dutch Reach method to avoid dooring cyclists when opening to exit vehicle or car.

ElPer US bike arriviving, arrows: Image shows driver using far hand Dutch Reach method to avoid dooring cyclists when opening to exit vehicle or car.

El Periodico image shows successful use of Dutch Reach far hand method to avoid a passing cyclists just as driver was preparing to exit vehicle or car, avoids a dooring crash or collision. with bicyclist.

Hey Drivers!

Hey Drivers: The Dutch Reach, from BikeHouston Infographic.

Watch the Door! Try the Dutch Reach, Automobile Club of Southern California, Fb, May 2021.

DUTCH REACH IMAGE SERIES FROM CBC MANITOBA GIF ANIMATIONS

CBC Manitoba's GIF News animations which are the source of the images below, are themselves excellent teaching videos.  They actively show the field of vision advantage of the Dutch Reach's Swivel & Look technique for detecting on-coming cyclists, or other traffic.

The screen shots below were captured from videos in a January 10, 2017 news report by CBC Manitoba.  The featured video, "Dutch Reach Explained"  combines both reporting and a short animated clip.  Further down in the article appears a second animated GIF News clip representing a single car and cyclist.  

Sets of screen shot series from each video clip can be viewed and downloaded using the Share links beneath. 

Note on UK, AU versions:   PNG files of screen shots were flipped left to right to produce sets of images suitable for the UK and other Left Side of Road driving countries.  Hence the reversed green check marks.

Korean

Dutch Reach graphic in Korean. Can you translate this into English? Please help!

UK Version

CBC News graphic compares near & far hand aka Dutch Reach method in GIF graphic to teach dooring prevention. Nov 28, 2017, in an article about the City of Toronto's attempt to address dooring epidemic.

Canada / US Version

CBC News graphic compares near & far hand aka Dutch Reach method in GIF graphic to teach dooring prevention. Nov 28, 2017, in an article about the City of Toronto's attempt to address dooring epidemic. original Canadian/US version.

UK ver CBC News GIF screen shot of Dutch Reach correctly performed, corrected check.

New Dutch Reach / Far Hand Method Graphics from Around the Globe

Doors Are Dangerous, Cambridge, MA

Instructions to driver to check rear & side mirrors, then use far hand Dutch Reach to swivel and look back to look for on-coming traffic. In right hand column, bike lane & door zones are defined.

Dooring prevention & avoidance illustration from "Cambridge Street Code: Rules and Etiquette for Getting There Together", City of Cambridge, MA, USA, p. 9, (2016). Credit: Cambridge Community Development; in public domain. High resolution png [13M] here.

mage of car bumper with sticker reading "Reach with Your Right, Look Out for Cyclists". A school teacher in Oregon starts her own campaign backed on the far hand anti dooring method, August 2017.

An Oregon school teacher made this [Dutch] Reach anti dooring bumper sticker to share in her community. (Aug. 2017)

Blue poster asks drivers to use far hand method, & cyclists to keep distance from parked cars to avoid doorings & getting doored.

Bike Saves PHilippines anti dooring safety poster for drivers & cyclists. Click pix for full image.

Black & white Dutch Reach advising sticker with black border, QR matrix bar code symbol for www.dutchreach.org Dutch Reach Project website URL, presumed. Sticker is on a black wide metal post with auto and street scene in background. Unknown creator or site of posting. Found on Instagram with #Oakland hashtag noted.

Text sticker: "To Open Car Doors Use the Dutch Reach - www.dutchreach.org" with QR matrix bar code for website's URL (presumed). Unknown creator. Source: Instagram. Location ?Oakland, CA.

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.

Ribbon tied to car door latch to remind driver or passenger to use Dutch Reach far hand habit to open car door and avoid injury of cyclist, getting oneself or door damage hit by traffic.

Tie ribbon to door latch as cue to use far hand Dutch Reach way to open safely and avoid door crashes and injury. More reminder examples here.

Canadian MP Joël Lightbound calls for national driver habit re-retraining using these reminder stickers for the Dutch Reach.

 

A colorful montage of anti dooring graphics - signs, stickers, posters, decals & drawings from around the globe & web. They call for drivers & cyclists to be cautious, vigilant, & keep a safe distance. Only the Dutch Reach line drawing calls for a switch to the safer far hand habit.

MORE 'DUTCH REACH' & ANTI-DOORING GRAPHICS

Pre-Dutch Reach Project anti-dooring graphics from around the globe --

Use this Google Shared Link.  [Click on each image to enlarge.  Use 'Save as' to download.]

For additional graphics created or found following this Project's inception:  

Use this DropBox Link.

'Dutch Reach' Line drawing illustration #2, thin lines

Dutch Reach diagram, image, drawing shows driver using left hand to open car or vehicle's right side door when exiting on the right side of the car. For use in countries such as UK, AU, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, NZ, where vehicles are driven on the left side of the road.

In countries where vehicles are driven on the left side of the road, drivers should use their left hand - i.e. far hand - to do the Dutch Reach for a safer exit.- L. Herman (CC,2016), for Free Public Use

'Dutch Reach" Line drawing #1 - thick lines.

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- L. Herman (CC,2016), for Free Public Use.

'Dutch Reach' Illustration UK Driver or US Front Passenger

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.

 L. Herman (CC,2016), for Free Public Use

'Dutch Reach" Illustration, US Driver or UK Front Passenger

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 left, and head turned facing back and out the window where he sees a cyclist's face and helmet about to pass his door.

A driver on left as in USA or a passenger on left front seat as in UK uses his right, far hand to reach the door latch, swiveling torso and head naturally left and back 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.

"Dutch Reach Saves Lives'graphics created by another Dutch Reach website

Visit source website:  Face Book:  @DutchReachSavesLives

"Dutch Reach Saves Lives" - small square sticker design

'Dutch Reach Saves Lives" small square format sticker by unknown activist graphic artist found on Face Book site: @DutchReachSavesLives

'Dutch Reach Saves Lives" small square format sticker by unknown activist graphic artist found on Face Book site: @DutchReachSavesLives

Bumper Sticker by @DutchReachSavesLives on Facebook

'Dutch Reach Saves Lives" bumper sticker format, original design by unknown graphic artist activist, found on Face Book site: @DutchReachSavesLives

Dutch Reach reminder sticker, passenger side or UK driver.

New York Bicycling Coalition window cling triptych. Click to enlarge.

Dutch Reach reminder sticker, US driver or UK passenger side, Transp. Services, Lexington, MA.

Flyer

What's the Dutch Reach? fllyer [as png above], Transportation Services, Lexington, MA, [as PDF here]..

Sample 'Dutch Reach' Flyer with Illustration #1.

Image from above of cut-away car showing view of driver with far right hand on door latch, torso turned and field of vision directed back to see on-coming cyclist before opeiing door fully, thus avoids dooring the bicyclist.

Blank yellow diamond traffic caution sign

Dutch Reach 'High Peaks' Graphic Design Sign Challenge. Go to Help! to learn more. 

Appeal! A Grand Graphic Challenge to create 'ISO' standard signage for 'Dutch'Reach

Dear  Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Artist, Videographer &/or Visually Talented Reader,

Might you have ideas for road signage to 'say' Dutch Reach at a glance? 

A universal sign is needed to get drivers and riders to use the far hand reach method to avoid doorings and injury when opening and exiting.

Other graphics and media are also needed to teach kids of all age groups, for driver manuals and training, bumper and parking meter stickers, posters, presentations, billboards, publications, etc.

If you are so inspired, please add your talent to this anti dooring cause!  We will share forward your quality files with other activists around the globe.  

New Dutch Reach graphics & slogans for stickers on bikes, meters, car bumpers, window decals and refrigerators & kids! etc. will also be a great help for community campaigns everywhere.

Please also add your work to Wikimedia Commons, which will put it securely in the public domain. And use keywords including: Dutch Reach, doored, dooring, getting hit by car door, bicycle, crash, accident, car dooring etc., so it can be readily found by search.

Likewise, if you find other old or new instances of far hand reach media not already found below, please kindly send such links and files to the Dutch Reach Project at: Contact.

Thank you! - mc.

 

View Standard Sign Graphics:

US DOT Federal Highway Admin's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD):
Standard Highway Signs  & 
Table of Contents

AIGA Symbol signs

ISO Graphical symbols

More graphics & stickers: (A), (B), (C), (D).