The Dutch Reach technique is considered the safest way to avoid car door collisions and can minimize “dooring” risks and harms for cyclists and other vulnerable road users. Yet only two states, ...

The Dutch Reach is a simple technique of opening a car door that could save motorcyclists filtering through traffic from being “doored”. It should be mandated in driving tests as it is in Holland ...

The Dutch Reach technique is considered the safest way to avoid car door collisions and can minimize “dooring” risks and harms for cyclists and other vulnerable road users. Yet only two states, ...

The "Dutch reach" is a term coined for a certain way for people to exit cars that keeps the safety of cyclists in mind. Illinois and Massachusetts are incorporating the concept into road safety ...

The Dutch Reach technique is considered the safest way to avoid car door collisions and can minimize “dooring” risks and harms for cyclists. Yet only two states, Massachusetts and Illinois, mandate ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- You could potentially save a cyclist's life, by changing how you open your car door. The Dutch Reach is where you use your right hand to open your driver side door. It's ...

In the Netherlands, it’s common practice when exiting a car to perform a twisting maneuver called the Dutch Reach. Transportation safety advocates on this side of the Atlantic Ocean are hoping it ...

BOSTON (CBS) - MassDOT wants you to change the way you get out of your car so it's safer for those riding bicycles. The agency has updated the driver's manual in Massachusetts to include a method ...

A couple of weeks ago I saw a cyclist get “doored” on Delaware Avenue in Kenmore. If you’ve ever seen someone get doored, it’s a pretty frightening experience. If you’ve ever been doored yourself, ...

I learned about the Dutch reach, a safety measure to avoid opening your car door into passing bicyclists, the same morning my husband received a Munich apology from a cyclist he accidentally swerved ...