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Rule one of the road : Never trust an idle car. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how or why this is always attributed to the Dutch. I'm Dutch. We definitely did not learn this. Not in school, not from parents, not in driver's ed. We do not open our doors this way.

The thing is that all Dutch drivers are also cyclists, that helps a lot. Also, our infrastructure is very very very VERY accommodating to cyclists. Often bicycle paths are separated from roads,which helps a lot.

When opening doors, we simply look. There's a mirror very conveniently placed for the sole purpose of looking behind you. Use it. If you open your doors without looking and thinking, you're an idiot. None of that has to do with being Dutch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You would've loved to get French fries instead of the Dutch reach, wouldn't you?

Unfair how those potatoes are linguistically attributed to the French, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The website literally says:

Dutch kids learn it from parents & in school. It’s taught in drivers’ ed, and used to pass their driving test. It's been Dutch commonsense for 50 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I wonder where they got that information from