The simplicity of the technique has contributed to its appeal, says Alex Epstein, director of transportation safety at the National Safety Council. Starting in January, both AAA and the National Safety Council, providers of driving instruction to millions of Americans each year, will both add the technique to their curriculums. Last year, at Charney’s urging, Massachusetts added it to their driver’s manual, followed by Illinois this April. Charney popularized the name, the “Dutch Reach” and has evangelized for its adoption. One of the people paying attention was Michael Charney, a retired physician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who sought solutions online after a dooring accident near his house killed a person biking. Bikes are used for a quarter of all trips in the Netherlands, more than anywhere else in the world. The Dutch have about a third as many traffic fatalities per capita as in the United States. “And you can lose your life.”įor inspiration in preventing these crashes, some Americans are looking to the Netherlands, where there are a lot more bikers and the roads are a lot safer. “If you open your door without looking, you can lose a door,” says Furth. Opening your car door without looking is not just a danger to bikers says Peter Furth, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Northeastern University. According to the English nonprofit Cycling UK, eight bicyclists died from doorings in the United Kingdom between 20. The NHSTA doesn’t count doorings, but a 2015 Vancouver study found them to be the most common type of bike crash there, accounting for 15 percent of all incidents. That is a decrease from 2016, which had the most deaths ever recorded at 852. But accident rates have remained stubbornly high throughout the nation.Īccording to the National Highway Safety and Transportation Administration, 783 cyclists died in the US in traffic crashes with passenger vehicles in 2017. cities have signed on to Vision Zero and aim to eliminate all traffic deaths and serious injuries. It may seem like a small thing, but people on bikes have died from “doorings” when motorists haven’t looked before opening the door. Most importantly: you’ll see if there’s a cyclist rapidly heading your way. This initiates a modest twist, causing you to look in the direction of your car’s blind spot. In the Netherlands, you exit a car with the hand farthest from the door (the right hand if driving). But in January, driving instructors around the country will be teaching the opposite, a method borrowed from the Netherlands and often called the “Dutch Reach” or the “far-hand technique.” It may sound like a trick question - most Americans have used the hand closest to the door, and only that hand, since they could first open the door for themselves. Which hand do you use to reach for the handle? driving schools will teach a Dutch technique that makes biking easier The Transportation Cost-Savings Calculators.Transportation Demand Management Resources.Key Research-Based Insights for Mobility Management (TDM) Programs.Impacts and Benefits of Mobility Management.Demographics and Development for Commuter Service Managers Guides.Business / Employer / Employee Transportation Services Surveys.
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