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> Just look in the mirrors and over your shoulder before opening the door That’s literally what they’re encouraging. That’s what the Dutch Reach is - a way to
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> Just look in the mirrors and over your shoulder before opening the door
That’s literally what they’re encouraging. That’s what the Dutch Reach is - a way to look in your mirrors and over your shoulder.
- frankfrankfrank 5y agoYou are missing the point. Just do the fundamentals and no other complications are necessary. The problem is likely a far different one, one of people not following the fundamentals, likely because they are not urban drivers or are even foreigners. I check my surroundings before I get out in most parking situations, yet I currently I live in a place where drivers don’t even check both sides when turning at an unregulated intersection as if pedestrians and cyclists simply don’t exist. That being said, ultimately as a cyclist myself, I trust exactly 0 laws to keep me safe and am 100% untrusting off all other vehicles and people. Because reality simply is that I am the squishy human and they are the mechbot driver. Did you notice that not a single person in the video report/demonstration even wore a helmet while racing past cars at unsafe speeds and distances? That weird sense of entitlement of cyclists is something I simply cannot understand. You are responsible for you’re own safety, so slow down and keep a distance like a smart person would.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> Just do the fundamentals This is a way to achieve exactly that! > or are even foreigners Oh no not foreigners! Do you think people don't know how to drive in other countries?