Road Sharing for Drivers, Taxis, Fleets & Large Vehicles w. Dutch Reach

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Urban Driving Safety video - San Francisco Vision Zero


The Dutch far hand method is taught at 12 min 54 sec.(Dec 2015)

Safer Trucking in Changing Cities (2018)

SAFER TRUCKING in Changing Cities from FOV videos on Vimeo.

Bike Smart Road Sharing by BRAKE, UK

Smart Drivers Are Bike Smart,
by Brake Charity, UK, 11/7/2018.

New York State Road Sharing Videos, 2017.

New York Bicycle Coalition together with City of Albany Police Academy & Governor's Commission on Traffic Safety produced this set of road sharing videos..  Part I is fordrivers; Part II for bicyclists.  The Dutch Reach is taught in Part 1.  For topics covered in Part 1, click here.

Sharing the Road (Part 1) - Bicycle Law in New York State

Sharing The Road (Part 1) - Bicycle Law in New York State from New York Bicycling Coalition on Vimeo. (29 July 2017.

Sharing The Road (Part 2) - Responsibilities of Bicyclists in NYS

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Sharing The Road (Part 2) - Bicycle Law in New York State from New York Bicycling Coalition on Vimeo.

LARGE VEHICLE URBAN DRIVING SAFETY - SFMTA


Over 100 Bay Area corporations have hosted SFMTA driver training sessions for their fleet drivers using this video.
For more on SFMTA's program click:  Large Urban Vehicle Driver Safety Program.

Note: The Dutch Reach method is demonstrated at minute 14:30 of 17.

DRIVER EDUCATION BY UBER & SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION


San Francisco Uber -- advised by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition -- produced a set of 4 short safety videos for their drivers addressing bicyclists' road rights, hazardous situations, infrastructure and safety tips.

The Reach is taught in video #1 @ 1 min. 07 sec. ; safe pick-up & discharge of passengers in video #4.
Read more here. Sharing the Roads with Bicycles - Info & Video  -  Sept. 22, 2016.

 

DUTCH REACH FOR UBER, LYFT, RIDE-SHARE PASSENGERS - BUZZFEED

"There is a safer way to open your car door" twitter video by BuzzFeed News video tech Allyson Laquian. Video focuses on risk posed by careless Uber Lyft rideshare or taxi passengers when exiting vehicles and the hazard of dooring bicyclists. Image is of BuzzFeed News' twitter post with a live video feed. Video presents & explains benefit of the Dutch Reach far hand method to avoid injuring cyclists. Here's an easy trick to avoid hitting bikers when you exit a car, a Dutch Reach video on Twitter by BuzzFeed News' reporter Allyson Laquian. It spotlights the 'Uber / Lyft Effect' -- doorings by heedlessly exiting ride-share passengers. Click image to view.

 

Transcript: BuzzFeed's "There is a safer way" video

Alternative graphic to promote BuzzFeed's "Dutch Reach" video on ride-share dooring hazard which advised the far hand method. It is comprised of subtitle quotations taken from the BuzzFeed video overlaying a screenshot of the interior of ride-share users at night in an Uber or Lyft, preoccupied with their electronic devices. Captions describe dooring risk. Inset of the narrator (Allyson Laquian) in lower right.

Dutch Reach Project's graphic to promote BuzzFeed's "Dutch Reach" video on ride-share dooring hazard which advises the far hand method. Click image for video tweet or here to expand.

Training for Taxi & For Hire Drivers - Vision Zero NYC

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.

Sharing the Road with Cyclists - Insurance Co. of British Columbia

Bike Safety & Traffic Law in Maine


Lauri Boxer-Macomber Talks Right Hooks, Dooring, and Safe Passing with Fred Thomas of All Things Bike, February 15, 2019. Dooring & Dutch Reach segment starts at 7 min 40 sec. Click image to view.

BUSES: Sharing Streets with People On Bikes


San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (2013).

NYC DOT: Fleets' Road Sharing with Vulnerable Road Users

NYC DOT video instructs urban large vehicle fleet drivers on best road sharing practices with vulnerable road users. The far hand reach across method to avoid dooring bicyclists - aka the Dutch Reach - is taught at 3 min 12 sec. Dec 2, 2019.

Share the Road, Same Rules, Same Rights - Video for Motorists re: Bicyclists

Share the Road, Same Rules, Same Rights with cycling pro Robbie Ventura.  Produced by the League of Illinois Bicyclists' Motorist and appears on You Tube with as Motorist/Driver's Ed Video on You Tube.

Note:  While the far hand method is not narrated, the woman driver shown exiting (at minute 4:18)  has reached across with her right hand to the door latch, swiveled and does a direct view 'should check' back to directly view on-coming traffic, ie. she does the Dutch Reach.

Initiative for Redesign of Truck Cabs - London

California Driving: Road Sharing Tips & Dutch Reach

Road safety driving Tips: Horns, signaling, signage, dooring car dooring, hzarrd for cyclists, avoidance, close pass safe pass, road rage, speed, drive slowly. by Robert Bernstein.

Driving & Bicycling Concerns, Santa Barbara, CA. Edhat, 2 Oct 2018. Road sharing advice includes Dutch Reach /video.