[Ads-l] the Dutch Reach

[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 19, 2020, at 12:41 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I first heard about this in an article about bicycle deaths in NYC
> https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9111-spike-in-cyclist-deaths-call-to-the-mayor-dutch-reach-new-york
> 

"According to Charney, the first known use of the Dutch Reach method was in Holland, thus the name, although it didn’t have a name there”

On the model of “(French) fries” and “(Belgian) waffles”.



> 
> Here is the earliest mention I could find:
> https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-27/easy-maneuver-borrowed-dutch-could-be-life-saving-cyclists
> 
> 
> Google, claims this is from July 2016, but gets the date format (10.7.2016)
> wrong -- dates on this website are in American order, even though periods
> are used(!)
> https://99percentinvisible.org/article/dutch-reach-clever-workaround-keep-cyclists-getting-doored/
> 
> DanG
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