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Saw a bloke today riding along approaching a mini roundabout and his idea of a hand signal was to let his arm drop to his hip then half stick one ONE FINGER. Wtf? We are all under constant thread of injury through not being seen, so why the hell would you be so lazy?
Stick your bloody arm out, make yourself as visible as possible - it might save your life one day!
He's cooler than you grandad, don't have a cow....
what a looser indicating.
Left turns are safer though but yes,a bit daft
aaah .. but what was his road positioning like? I find that far more important than signaling .. especially on roundabouts that your taking 3rd/4th exit out of and braking hardish at same time so signaling is pretty tricky
i only indicate if i might get squished, otherwise would rather keep my hands near the brakes/in control of the twitchy road bike..
I lifted my hands off the bars a couple of weeks ago and a guy pulled out. He claimed I had signalled left, I was getting rid of some snot!
Bigkid - he was pedalling through the roundabout as it's on a slight hill. He lifed his hand off the bars to signal, but apparently sticking it out so everyone could see it was too much effort so he just lifted a finger from his side.
He was going right and on the far left of his lane. Ok so it was a mini roundabout and it it was straight on ish left, but still - why bother at all if you're going to be so rubbish about it? He didn't look over his shoulder or claim proper lane position either.
When I need both hands on the bars I signal, look around to see if people have seen me, I move out to claim road position then put both hands on bars/brakes to make my manoeuvre.
If you saw him indicate, his indication method must have been effective 😉
Saw a bloke today riding along approaching a mini roundabout and his idea of a hand signal was to let his arm drop to his hip then half stick one ONE FINGER.
That is awesome. I'm going to take it on as my own from now on.
Sometimes I signal like that if there is traffic comming towards me, saves getting my arm taken off.
he used his finger to indicate? that's pretty outlandish for a roadie.
I indicate by just thinking about which way I'm turning - people should be able to pick up on that, my brain is pretty powerful.
If you look in highway code as a cyclist (and same for horses) you don't need to take up lane position, you can stay in left lane of roundabout no matter which exit you are taking, but it does take a brave cyclist to do this if taking an exit on the right!
I was knocked off my bike today by a lorry. I was minding my own business in a cycle lane, he was on the phone.
Didn't realise I should have been riding along with Kenny Everett type Brother Lee Love point hands aimed at me to make other road users aware.
oldgit - Member
Sometimes I signal like that if there is traffic comming towards me, saves getting my arm taken off.
What side of the road do you ride on its left off a roundabout?? If you are turning right you would have already made the signal and be on the right side therefore no need to indicate again??
ruscle - Member
If you look in highway code as a cyclist (and same for horses) you don't need to take up lane position, you can stay in left lane of roundabout no matter which exit you are taking, but it does take a brave cyclist to do this if taking an exit on the right!
Are you sure? I have no doubt that a horse rider should take up a left hand side but if the highway code says that about cyclist they must be trying to reduce the amount of cyclist on the road?? I always give a massive signal when turning right at a roundabout (or at any junction for that matter) but obviously can't do it all the way round a roundabout. Road position is most important and being noticed (not seen you are always seen). And giving an exaggerated signal is the best way to be seen.
Only read the first post, about the rider approaching a mini roundabout.
As most mini roundabouts are on single carriageways down here I signal right and move out if I want to go right. If the approach is narrow I don't want my arm in front of an on comming lorry.
Anyway I've just eaten rubharb crumble between reading and posting. No good him saying he was on it afterwards. Still standby the 'cautious' signal on mini roundabouts as they're covered in slippy paint and manholes.
are ewe sure it wasn't roadie signals for potholes etc for following riders...there's a whole world of roadie to roadie hand signals. I spent a mile behind a roadie who kept pointing at his arse..Imagine my surprise when I discovered he wasn't after SBS
Imagine my surprise when I discovered he wasn't after SBS
Imagine his surprise if you didn't.
He was on his own Gwaelod.
Was he riding one of these?
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We do the same thing on our classic motorbikes. The idea is to hand signal in as layed back and relaxed manner as possible. Especially on the continent. I find 2 fingers extended horizonatally in a semi peace sign V to be more nonchalant than just one.
He was using his pace line hand signals. I expect he had dropped the rest of his club a few miles back but still thought they were with him.