| Re: Colorado: new bicycle bill passes
"Tom Keats" wrote ,
> frkrygow@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > And I like the right arm signal, especially in that situation. The
> > "left arm crooked upward" signal for a right turn is much less clear -
>
> I quite agree. While the "left arm crooked upward" is an
> holdover from the old car hand signals (a North American
> driver's right arm pointing to the right would be impossible
> to see,) I doubt if very many drivers are familiar with them
> anymore. But a bike a rider's right arm right-turn signal's
> meaning should be pretty obvious. Actually, I think I've
> encountered drivers who don't know what hand signals are
> at all.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
Around here the motorcyclists all seem to favor hand signals. I'm still
trying to decide if a hand signal is more apparent than a motorcycle's turn
signal / brake light.
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