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Dear Group, Unless I missed it, I have not seen that anybody has weighed in on actually what form of hand signals are in the State diving manual? If everybody needed to know and is familiar with the left arm signal for what ever reason, wouldn't that be the best to stick with? After all, there were bicycles, motorcycles, and tractors to think about in those days before electric turn signals. And, for the record, I still drive my car from before the electric turn signals and use the left arm method. Eric Dave Minden wrote: My understanding is that several years ago it became legal if not recommended for bicyclists to signal right turns with the right hand. Remember, the original left hand for right turn was from when cars were first made and did not have blinkers for signaling. Pretty outdated now... Dave Minden-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:27 PM To: Mark Clear Cc: bikies Subject: Re: [Bikies] Signaling a right turn with the right hand I may be old school, but this was always the way I was instructed...at least the first three parts... http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/veh_hand_signals.htm Has that changed? I thought that those were still legal rules, whether on a bike or motorcycle or in a car... my $.02, thanks, kel Mark Clear writes:For the past couple of years, I've been signaling right turns by putting my right hand out horizontally--just like for a left turn. I deliberately switched from the legal left-hand-bent signal because it seems to reduce the ambiguity, and therefore might give a 3-millisecond improvement in reaction time to a distracted motorist. I have, however, no evidence that this is actually safer. Thoughts? Research? Anyone? Mark C. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org_______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org |
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