The Sun still hasn’t got to grips with the Dutch Reach

In all fairness their interpretation of it doesn't sound at all bad!  Don't just look over your shoulder, open the window and do it!  You can't go wrong.

It's got "Dutch" in it ; therefore EU; what else do you expect from those Brexiteering w**kers?

It's got "Dutch" in it ; therefore EU; what else do you expect from those Brexiteering w**kers?

I really must try harder to get into this habit. I nearly doored a poor guy in Sheffield last week, only his shout and quick weave saved the day for him.

I do not know whether he heard my apology at the time so I do it here and now, "Sorry Mate I Was Being An Arsehole."

So I googled "The Sun dutch reach" and found the referenced 2017 story, stupid though it is, it was clearly intended as a mockery.

However a more recent Oct 2018 article covers the method correctly and points out the benefits.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/motors/7524991/dutch-rea...

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Meanwhile, in the Sun, they’re busy telling people that the Dutch Reach “involves motorists winding down the window and opening the door from the outside using their left hand.”

Erm, so they think it can only be used by contortionists? No wonder they're opposed..,

Reminds me of when Jasper Carrot got fed up with receiving letters from people in groups he'd criticised, so decided to attack the Sun as the readers wouldn't be able to write back.

"That article saw fit to quote retired agricultural specialist Frank Porter, who said: “Who are the police or council to try and change the way we have opened doors since cars were invented? Cyclists already dictate how we have to behave on the roads."

If only!  Perhaps Mr Porter might be better employed adding to his compost heap physically rather than verbally.  If we dictated how drivers behaved on the roads most of them wouldn't be there.

I'm shocked, shocked, to hear that an august publication such as The Sun, which counts the inventor of the bendy bananas euromyth Boris Johnson amongst its columists, would publish something provably false. All to whip up its readers into froth about something which costs them nothing and could save lives (but does imply a responsibility for others which runs contrary to a century of car culture, and the paper's political stance.)

Too busy giving each other dutch reach arounds.

To be fair it's hard to master a keyboard when you spend your time dragging your knuckles across the floor.