Now I know the world has gone mad.....

[Graham Bell]

Are you aware that opening your car door from the interior using the wrong arm can incur a heavy fine?! View the lastest changes to the Highway Code here:-
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDVSA/bulletins/3068717
Regards-
G.B.

[OtNE]

Your link states "The code will recommend a new technique when leaving vehicles. It's sometimes called the 'Dutch Reach'."

No mention of fines there.

Seems to be better than cyclists in the middle of the high street avoiding prats who open doors without looking first !!

[Anmer]

Seems to be better than cyclists in the middle of the high street avoiding prats who open doors without looking first !!

Agreed.  I know many cyclists who've been knocked off their bikes by careless door opening.  Others have been killed.

[Graham Bell]

I plead guilty to "tabloid" headlines!
In mitigation- " The truth? It is already an offence to open a car door, or cause or permit it to be opened, so as to cause injury, punishable by a maximum fine of £1,000."
Regards=
G.B.

[Anmer]

"if you hold a knife you can go to prison for life"

Or maybe:

"if you hold a knife and kill somone with it you can go to prison for life"

Semantics!