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Hand Signals - who does it?
I am in the habit of routinely using hand signals when driving my Cobra and stopping or turning. I do it for a few reasons:
Anybody else out there do the same or am I a rarity? |
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Yes, in doubt: Turn left...
I never used my turn signals. I had the rectangular Lucas indicator operation. Not many understand that suddenly your one brake light flashes. |
When taking the car out for the day, I do a visual check of all lights (Old Semi truck driver Habit);) I don't use hand signals as most people don't understand them anyway. If I have someone right on my a$$ or if everyone in front of me is slowing down, and I feel the person behind me is not playing attention, I will turn my 4-way flashers on, for a short time, that gets people's attention (Quickly, and safety) I've had a State Patrol officer give me a "Thumbs up" for doing that. I can happily say, I have 2+million miles on my Professional License and God knows how many on personal license (52years total, got my CDL @ 18YO), with (One Accident) deemed not my fault. My $.02. Cheers Tom
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I did it routinely 50+ years ago. Air conditioning broke that habit. I doubt that anyone younger than 50 even knows that its a car signal. So no, I no longer use hand signals.
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I do it ALL the time in my Cobra even though I have very bright LED tail lights.
I have no doubt that some people might not understand hand signal meanings but at least they'll see that something ahead of them is going on. I absolutely HATE when drivers leave their turn signals flashing for miles and miles. I never forget to turn off my hand signals. :) |
Reminds me of the guy who never uses his turn signals because it’s nobody’s damn business where he’s going.
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Kevin2,
How so? |
I occasionally use the one finger salute - does that count?
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I use hand signals when I drive my Dragon or Cheetah. I took a nice drive today and did so.
last summer I was driving through Keene Valley in the Adirondacks. A large white truck was following fairly close. I used a right hand signal as I turned onto a road that takes me back to my home town of Ellizabethtown. Right after the turn there is a long uphill stretch with an added passing lane. I was cruising in the slow lane. The driver of the truck followed me then pulled up alongside me. He motioned that he wanted me to stop. I thought that he wanted to talk about my car so I obliged. He pulled behind me and stopped a few car lengths behind. I watched in the mirror as he slowly got out of his truck and walked to the car. When close he yelled " Why were you flipping me off!" I yelled back that I wasn't flipping him off. That I was manually signaling a right turn. His demeanor immediately changed and he apologized. :) |
I did a few times since I knew the back lights were fairly dim. I don't know if people don't understand them or what but when I signaled a left turn someone thought I was waving and waved back. I figured out noone knew what I meant. After than I used the frantic wave to simply get people's attention so they saw me and the car. It did feel at times like I was in a Klingon space ship with the invisibility cloak engaged. Only slightly more visible than a motorcycle.
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I wish there was a well-understood hand signal for people that follow too close and want to get a closer look. Tailgaters while driving a Cobra are the worst.
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Around 30 years ago, I incurred nerve damage in my left hand, and could only close my thumb and pinky for a couple of months, so I could not do the one finger salute. I joked with my friends and a couple of motor officers I knew, that I was not sure if I could legally drive in the state of Colorado? The officers said, "no, and they needed to confiscate my drivers license, impound me motorcycle, and make me walk home!" Cheers, Dennis
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Lol! Nobody knows what that even is! Nobody can drive a stick and you expect them to learn what hand signals are? You are so old thinking that people are still like the greatest generation. My 16 year old is going to get his license and he tells me that he needs to learn how to sign his name…. I can’t believe that school teaches you how to identify your gender but you can’t sign your name!!!!
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I gather from what my American Cobra brothers are saying an offside turn in the USA is signaled by your arm up and hand circling, Here in South Africa it is arm down and hand circling. If so maybe it's a North/South thing?????
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