{"id":12273,"date":"2026-03-22T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2026-03-22T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:18:23","slug":"i-just-learned-from-my-friend-whos-a-police-officer-that-you-should-only-open-your-car-door-with-your-right-hand-i-repeat-only-with-your-right-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12273","title":{"rendered":"I Just Learned from My Friend Who\u2019s a Police Officer That You Should ONLY Open Your Car Door With Your Right Hand. I Repeat, Only With Your RIGHT Hand."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch Reach is a simple safety habit that helps prevent \u201cdooring\u201d accidents. It means opening your car door with your far hand (e.g., right hand for drivers), which makes you turn your body and check for cyclists or traffic.<\/p>\n<p>This quick movement builds a natural safety check and can prevent serious injuries. It\u2019s useful for both drivers and passengers and is widely promoted by safety experts.<\/p>\n<p>Already common in the Netherlands, it\u2019s an easy, effective habit that makes roads safer for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Dutch Reach is a simple safety habit that helps prevent \u201cdooring\u201d accidents. It means opening your car door with your far hand (e.g., right <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=12273\" title=\"I Just Learned from My Friend Who\u2019s a Police Officer That You Should ONLY Open Your Car Door With Your Right Hand. I Repeat, Only With Your RIGHT Hand.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12275,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273\/revisions\/12275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}