学新词:“荷兰式开车门法”-the Dutch Reach;自行车撞车门事故- dooring

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学新词:“荷兰式开车门法”-the Dutch Reach;自行车撞车门事故- dooring
因“开车门”不当而导致的事故,十分常见,而且一旦发生,就可能是惨剧。

The
phenomenon of bikers getting hit by an opening car door is so
common it has its own term: dooring.
骑车人被打开的汽车门撞到,这种情况很常见,英语里有个专门的词来描述,那就是dooring。
According to a study in
Chicago, as many as 1 in 5 bicycle accidents involve car
doors –
in total, there is
an average of nearly one dooring per day in the Windy
City.
根据芝加哥的一项调查,有多达五分之一的自行车事故和开车门有关。总体来看,在芝加哥平均每天都会发生一起因为开车门撞到骑车人的事故。
Even when bikers swerve to
avoid doors, they can end up getting hit by
cars.
开车门引发的悲剧,我们该如何避免?
最近,一种“荷兰式开车门”法,突然在网上火了。
什么是“荷兰式开车门法”?这是一种荷兰人发明的Dutch Reach。荷兰人用“离车门最远的手”去开车门,强迫自己扭动身体向后看。简单来说就是:左边用右手开,右边用左手开。
当你使用离车门较远的那只手开门时,上半身会自然而然地转动,头部和肩膀就会很自然地向外看。

The Dutch Reach
is a practice where instead of using your
near hand
—usually
the driver’s
left hand
— to
open your car door, you use your far hand. Your right
hand.
按照“荷兰式开车门”法,开车门时不要用离车门近的那只手(通常是司机的左手),而要用离车门远的手,一般是司机的右手。
In
doing that, you automatically swivel your body. And you position
your head and shoulders so you are looking directly
out.
这样做,你的身体就会自动转向,头和肩膀的位置也会移动,自然向外看。
First, look past the rearview mirror. And then, you
are very easily able to look back and see if there are oncoming
bicycles or cars or
whatever.
你的视线首先会扫过后视镜,之后很容易就能向后看,发现后方是否有驶来的自行车、汽车或者别的什么。
The
simplicity of the approach is part of its
genius.
这个方法非常简单,也正是其精妙之处。
多做一个动作,就能避免交通事故,你记住了吗?