Yup, I think your right on both counts... seems to be a British company and I believe law still requires use of hand signals here in the states, at least Ohio does.

The way the drivers are here you'd think they have never seen a bicyclist on the road before so they could see you and think... well why is that lady waving her arm around like that... just before running you down.

We have a big problem here with getting drivers to know what to expect from bicyclist and this type of signal is indeed what drivers are USED to seeing from other DRIVERS.

I guess that's why I posted.

Shannon