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The Dutch Reach for cyclist safety. (Original Post) edhopper Jan 2017 OP
The link gave me this: "URL signature expired" rug Jan 2017 #1
will try edhopper Jan 2017 #2
Thanks. rug Jan 2017 #3
thats why i added edhopper Jan 2017 #4
That made it more salacious. rug Jan 2017 #5
I think it's also a consciousness thing. SwissTony Jan 2017 #6

SwissTony

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6. I think it's also a consciousness thing.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 09:02 AM
Jan 2017

We have a lot of bikes here (I live near Rotterdam). All my family ride bikes and so does just about everybody I know, even the car drivers. So, the awareness level is very high. So much so that it becomes pretty automatic.

Also, if you simply open your door, you'll very probably not have just one cyclist running into you. It could be quite a few. And then you suddenly have 20 very disgruntled cyclists showing their lack of gruntle from extremely close range.

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