![]() ![]() You have the arm flapping from the driver’s side, up and down. There are a variety of hand signals that you will encounter, and not the one’s involving a middle finger. If you can’t be reliant on a car’s indicators and lights, then what kind of car are you driving and why on earth is it on the road! What on earth do driving instructors teach new students about the sticks attached to the steering wheel! You have brake and indicator lights at the rear of your car, and that’s what I am looking at people! Not your flailing arm doing an audition for Swan Lake. To add extra annoyance to me whilst I am stuck behind a car that has an arm flapping driver is that they do not use their indicators either! By then, I am screaming and biting the steering wheel. The 'OK' sign is a demand-response signal, meaning that if one diver asks another diver if he is OK, he must. This signal can be used as both a question and a response. Join the thumb and index fingers to form a loop and extend the third, fourth, and fifth fingers. The slow down ones, the “I’m turning right”. The first-hand signal that most scuba divers learn is the 'OK' hand signal. The same ones you would use whilst performing your cycle proficiency test. You put your arm out the window of the vehicle or on your motorcycle-obviously you dont have a window on your motorcycle- but on a car, light. Straight out is left, down is slowing or stopping. This ones to the right, so think of this as pointing to the other side of the vehicle. It is still essential to use your indicator lights if you’re unfamiliar with how these hand signals work. Local drivers have grown adept at using these gestures aside from turning on their indicator lights. The lack of using an indicator or the hand signals. left turn, slowing or stopping are the three hand signals. In Trinidad and Tobago, hand signals while driving are a common practice. Before signaling this, make sure that there is no car coming up fast as you might collide with each other. If you decide to go to a full stop, then you should put your fist up with your arm in 90 degrees when riding a bike and downwards in an open hand position when driving a car. I learnt to drive in London so city driving, honking my horn and using language that a builder would blush at is common place to me. Hand signals can slightly vary in some countries. Arm out, forearm up, and hand open facing forward is the driving hand signal for a right turn. Ensure that other drivers can see your hands from a comfortable position before you make the maneuver. I must add that I lived in Dubai for 5 years and thought that I had seen every crazy driving move known to man and felt grateful every night when I got home from work, car and myself unscathed. When making the signa l, your hand should point up with the palm facing forward, and before that, the arm should rest nicely on the windowsill. Many things annoy me about the standards of driving here. ![]()
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