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I've never even heard of a hand signal for braking, and we were taught the rules by the police in grade school. Maybe it's very country-specific.
by kaybe 12y ago
I've never even heard of a hand signal for braking, and we were taught the rules by the police in grade school. Maybe it's very country-specific.
- petercooper 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_signals#Stopping.2Fbraking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_signals#Stopping.2Fbraking Which, intriguingly, has a section saying how these signals interrupt with people using the front brake :-) In UK law, these cycling hand signals are considered a "should" rather than a "must" (terms with legal weight in the Highway Code) which is probably why they're rarely used.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago>> "In UK law, these cycling hand signals are considered a "should" rather than a "must" (terms with legal weight in the Highway Code) which is probably why they're rarely used." I rarely saw people use them when cycling in the small town I used to live in. Now that I'm in a city where I see hundreds of cyclists commuting they all use hand signals. I'm in my mid-twenties and we actually had to do a class in school when we were about 10 years old about cycling on the road, signally, safety etc. I can't remember the name of it but it was an official government thing I believe and we got some sort of certificate for completing it.