nklr hand signals
Posted: Mon May 29, 2000 6:11 pm
Actually, I was riding bicycles with a group of friends -- one of whom was an Englishman in the U.S. for the summer. He was mightily confused by the bent left arm signaling a right turn. Seems, in England, the bicyclists stick their arm straight out in whichever direction they intend to turn. He couldn't figure out why we were signaling a bent left turn then turning right. We explained U.S. conventions to him at the next water stop... I got to ride behind a mighty old pickup truck last week on my way home from work, and he stuck his arm out and down -- I thought to myself "he's not really cooling his arm off that way -- oh yeah, that means stop -- brakes!" I flicked my brake light a couple of times to warn the car in back of me, then zipped in between the cars to avoid being rear-ended. Mmmm. I like bikes. ---o&>o--- Sarah Barwig sarah@...>"Left arm to the left (straight out) means left turn. > Left arm bent up (shoulder to elbow straight out, elbow to fingers facing >up) means right turn. > Left arm bent down (shoulder to elbow straight out, elbow to fingers facing >down) means stop." > >That's corrrect. Hand signals were developed in this country for automobiles >before the advent of electric trun signals.