Safety rules when opening car doors

(Baonghean.vn) - Opening a car door seems like an obvious and extremely simple task. However, if you open it incorrectly and without observing, it can sometimes lead to unfortunate accidents.

There have been many accidents caused by improper opening of car doors by car users. So how to open the door safely, not causing danger to pedestrians? The following notes will help you avoid unfortunate accidents.

Observe

One important thing that everyone needs to remember before opening the car door is to look both in front and behind. Look with your eyes, through the rearview mirror and see that it is really safe before opening the car door; only open the door when you feel really safe.

Open the car door slowly

If you pull the door latch too hard, the car door will open very quickly and out of control. If someone or a vehicle accidentally comes close to your car at this time, it will be very dangerous. Therefore, you need to open the car door slowly and gently so that other vehicles know that you are opening the door, do not come close to your car anymore.

Left hand door handle, right hand latch

To limit the car door from opening suddenly, making other vehicles unable to handle it in time, and causing collisions, when opening the car door, you need to combine the principle of holding the door handle with your left hand, pulling the latch with your right hand, and opening the door as you go out. This helps you open the car door slowly, giving other vehicles time to notice and handle it appropriately.

Remind the person accompanying you

In addition to following the safety rules when opening car doors yourself, it is best to remind everyone in the car of these precautions when opening car doors to ensure safety.

In case there are elderly people or children in the car, it is best for the driver to get out and open the door for everyone to get out, then turn on the child lock button on the rear door on the driver's side.

Be careful of narrow places.

If your car is parked in a narrow place, the cars are parked close together, opening the car door properly and following the correct procedure will help minimize the occurrence of incidents and protect your car. These are places where you need to pay more attention to the issue of opening the car door than ever.

Instructions on how to open car doors are very simple and safe to avoid unfortunate accidents.

This way of opening the car door is called Dutch Reach, which means: First, when the person sitting in the car wants to open the car door, instead of opening the door with the hand near the car door (left hand), use the other arm (right hand) to open the door.

Opening the door with the hand far from the door has two advantages. First, because they have to turn around to open the door, they can observe the rear better. Second, because they open the door with the arm far from the door, the door only opens slightly, not wide, reducing the possibility of the car behind hitting it.

Applying this skill with the door handle is very important, everyone sitting in the car, in all seat positions can apply this skill.

Parking properly

One thing that any driver needs to know to avoid unfortunate accidents that may occur is parking your car.

-In the city:Please park on the sidewalk in the same direction as the vehicle is going, close to the sidewalk, do not park on small roads, no parking roads, intersections, etc. to avoid obstructing traffic of other vehicles and also to ensure the safety of your own vehicle.

- Outside urban areas:Stop or park your vehicle on a wide roadside or on a piece of land outside the roadway; in case the roadside is narrow or there is no roadside, you must stop or park your vehicle close to the right edge of the road in the direction of travel;

After parking, the driver may only leave the vehicle after taking safety measures. If the parked vehicle occupies part of the roadway, a sign must be placed immediately to notify other drivers.

Ngoc Anh

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