Quote Originally Posted by amg
Actually, the province of BC motor vehicles act says the following:

Province of British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act
Rights and Duties of Operator of Cycle

183
(17) A person operating a cycle on a highway must signify

(a) a left turn by extending the person's left hand and arm horizontally from the cycle,
(b) a right turn by doing either of the following:
[INDENT](i) extending the person's left hand and arm out and upward from the cycle so that the upper and lower parts of the arm are at right angles;
(ii) extending the person's right hand and arm horizontally from the cycle, and.....
Wow...someone should tell the head cop of the traffic division! A couple of weeks ago on a local talk show, the head of the VictoriaPD traffic division, the head of the new Integrated Traffic Unit, and some guy from the local cycling coalition were kicking this subject around on the air. I emailed the show to get clarification: both cops stated clearly that right-arm signals were not legal, while the cycling coalition guy claimed they were "acceptable".
Go figger.
~Sherry.