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Rachelle Abbott

The Leader podcast: Road users’ hottest new move for 2022 is the ‘Dutch reach’

The official Highway Code book (PA)

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It’s the hottest new driving manoeuvre you’ve probably only just heard about. But what is the ‘Dutch reach’ and can it help keep the roads safer?

The technique is part of new safety rules in the updated Highway Code to help better protect cyclists and pedestrians, although the AA says a third of motorists don’t even know it’s been revamped.

With all these changes likely to raise the blood pressure of some road users, how we can make London’s streets a more zen place for everyone, regardless of where they fit into the ‘road user hierarchy’?

It follows many years of safety campaigning by Cycling UK, and we’re joined by their head of campaigns, Duncan Dollimore, to discuss the changes as legions of commuters get back on their bikes after WFH guidance was scrapped.

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