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A £1.000 fine for something that is dificult to prove seems easy to evade.
There is no fine for opening your door with a method other than a Dutch reach.
The fine is for "opening, or to cause or permit to be opened, [a door] so as to cause injury", which has been in place for years, hasn't changed and would apply regardless of how you opened your door if you caused injury.The Highway Code changes are only recommendations to changes in behaviour, all within the existing legal framework.
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IrPOWERranger
Wel I have never heard of the Dutch Reach. Must be because I'm Dutch so here's it's just the reach. But in all seriousness, this seems kind of ridicoulous, as Brun already stated. A £1.000 fine for something that is dificult to prove seems easy to evade.
What really helped to protect the vulnarable road users over here, is that in the 70s (following a multitude of traffic casualties, mostly minors) a new law stated that a motor vehicle will always be liable in case of collision with a bike or pedestrian, no matter who's fault the accident was. Of course exceptions exist (force majeur, is that the correct term?), but in essence a motor vehicle better keep their eyes open or they're fucked (liability wise).