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I just point the direction I plan to turn. I always leave my chainring on the right side of the bike, however, no matter which direction I am signalling.
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The reason for the right turn signal with the left hand pointing up is so that you can do it while sticking your arm out the driver's side window of a car, since you can't reach to stick your arm out the righthand window to signal a right turn. Obviously nobody signals turns from a car using their arm anymore, even though theoretically you might need to do it if your turn signal is broken.
But a person on a bike does not have that constraint. It makes much more sense to point the way you want to go; it even makes sense to someone who has never learned about turn signals. I signal right turns with my right arm and left turns with my left. I find that most of the time, I only need to signal right turns for the benefit of other bicyclists or maybe for pedestrians - it's fairly rare that I feel the need to signal a right turn for the benefit of drivers. Left turns are another matter; some days it feels like I basically only bike around town with my right hand on the bars because my left hand spends the whole time signaling turns, giving a "slow down" gesture for people who are tailgating, pointing and gesturing so I can merge left ahead of a left turn, waving "stop" to oncoming drivers who are giving me mixed signals while I'm trying to turn left, and trying to invent sign language for "hold your !@#$-ing horses, you can wait your turn because no, I'm not going to risk getting doored to let you try to pass me in your 8' truck in a 10' wide lane". |
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The street where I saw it is always a disaster, it's how you get to the State College main post office. I even saw a car right hook another car there, which impressed me to no end. Also have stopped a number of people from going down the street the wrong way. It used to be near the end of my bike commute, so I was there a lot. You could probably keep a youtube channel going with bad driving just from that street. Last edited by unterhausen; 03-21-2024 at 10:58 AM. |
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"STOPPING...probably. I'm definitely slowing, and maybe I'm stopping, but I...oh, wait, the light just changed to green, never mind." whereas the Closed Fist stop signal indicates "I am definitely STOPPING. Complete stop, 0 mph, foot unclipped and on the ground." |
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I agree, I make eye contact with oncoming drivers and just point with my left hand if turning left and my right hand if turning right.
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