[1nverseMtx]

Wasn't aware of specific rules around this in the Netherlands and this definitely didn't come up in my drivers exam. The only place I heard about this is foreign media over the past years.

However something that does happen in the Netherlands is that kids get taught to pay attention and look around before opening the door of a car, no matter what hand you use. This is something my parents kept insisting over and over. Obviously only anecdotal but I expect this to be the real reason accidents like this are minimal. Combined with having a cycling culture and safer infrastructure where often the cycle lane is separated from parking spaces by some distance to make this impossible.

[t0mas88]

Same here. As far as I know this isn't an official rule of any type in the Netherlands, it's just what people do because we have lots of cyclists. And every kids knows because their parents look before opening a door as well.