It's moments like these that make me consider that *all* users of the road ways need recurrent training every few years to keep their operating privileges current like is required for private pilots and pilots with advanced ratings.
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, Andy Bach <[email protected]> wrote: From: Andy Bach <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bike Hand Signals To: Cc: "Bikies" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 10:28 AM On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. Kids sometimes have a hard time remembering right from left, especially > when they are doing something else - like learning to control their bikes in > traffic. I was behind a UW student who signaled the traditional bent-elbow right turn (which would have taken him into the wall by Science Hall) and then turned left. I caught up and asked and he said he was told the "L" shape meant Left turn. Not sure how he handled right turns, but ... I use the "L" but point, with my index finger, to the right a few times, just to emphasize the direction I'll be turning. Driver probably assume I'm just agreeing w/ there "needs his head examined/few spokes short of a wheel" assessment but ... -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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