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View Poll Results: How do you signal for a right turn?

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  • Left arm bent

    7 15.56%
  • right arm straight

    36 80.00%
  • other (please explain)

    2 4.44%
  • I don't signal

    0 0%
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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Canton, OH
    Posts
    325
    I've seen riders use the bent left arm from the drops, which means it is barely visible, if visible.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    806
    I've found that if I point in the direction I'm going to drivers, they get it better than if I use the proper signal. So I'm a pointer versus a bender.
    "Only the meek get pinched, the bold survive"

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Norman, OK
    Posts
    158
    As most have said already, I did the bent left arm when I started riding but no one knows what that meant. I had to ask just to figure that out cause I had no idea what the signals were. Now I just use a straight left or right arm to make the direction clear.
    "He's really having to dig deeply into the suitcase of courage" Phil Liggett

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    WA, Australia
    Posts
    3,292
    When we arrived in the states my DH had to get a California license and they did expect him to know hand signals. So from this info I knew how I was suppose to signal on my bike but I agree with the girls most drivers dont seem to get the bent left arm thing. I just stick out a straight right or left to signal which direction I will be going it saves confusion and that has to be a good thing.
    The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
    Amelia Earhart

    2005 Trek 5000 road/Avocet 02 40W
    2006 Colnago C50 road/SSM Atola
    2005 SC Juliana SL mtb/WTB Laser V

 

 

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