Hand signals.

[Riejufixing]

When did you last see someone driving a car or similar give a hand signal (no, not *that* sort)? What was it? What about for motorbikers?

[owl]

Most people don’t even bother with their normal turn signals let alone hand signals.
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[yen_powell]

I still make the occasional hand signal. Nothing startles a car up your jacksie more than you sticking your right arm out and putting your brake light on.

I also used to see trail riders doing the 'slowing down' hand signal to the bikes behind them to let them know something iffy was ahead and they were going to stop.
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[Ste]

I don't think I've ever seen someone driving a car or similar give hand signals.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Beehive Bedlam]

1893 when I was living in Victoria London.

[stinkwheel]

I do them all the time because I took the indicators off my Bullet. Now so used to it I generally don;t use the indicators on bikes that have them.

Not uncommon to get a "right turn" signal from a car driver who is letting you pass.
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[thx1138]

Green laning, I do some unofficial ones for those folllowing.

U-turn - finger pointed up and rotate hand.
Stop and engines off. Hand raised above my head, arms crossed.
Turn right. Stick right leg out, but I can't let go of my bars right now.

etc

and I use arm signals all the time on the road, cos no indicators.

[kramdra]

I have seen and given the slow down signal from oncoming traffic when there is a hazard ahead, often an accident or massive flooded bend in the road.

More often it is the other sort

[Hawkeye1250FA]

I point at speed limit signs occasionally.

Usually accompanied by a shake of the head and possibly a single digit....

Otherwise the only time I see actual hand signals is the old boys in their classic cars... And even then its only right turns they do...
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[Riejufixing]

[M.C]

[stinkwheel]

[Riejufixing]

[bhinso]

I was taught when learning to drive that coming up to a Zebra crossing you were supposed to do the right hand out the window sign, to show pedestrians waiting to cross you were stopping.
I've never ever seen anyone do it though

[talkToTheHat]

I've seen and perform a left hand turn signal when moving into a buisy left hand lane approaching an exit on dual carrageway/motorway or rejoining traffic after a filter manouvre (usually with intent to turn left shortly). I think I was introduced to this behaviour on bikesafe, but that was a long time ago. It appears to be quite effective at opening a gap. It usually morphs into a thumbs up gesture as the gap opens.

I occaisonally see people towing or driving mud covered or farm vehicles perfom turn signals, I assume this is for empahsis with a slow vehicle turning across traffic or an assumption indicators don't work.
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[inline4]

I sometimes use my arm to indicate if I am about to turn right or left especially in town traffic in case some car driver is tailgating me.

I tend to think that if someone is tailgating me then they have not paid any attention to my motorbike's indicators.

[M.C]

[yen_powell]

[Holdawayt]

Surprised nobodies mentioned it yet (or I haven't read the comments carefully enough) but if you ever see a biker patting himself on the head as he approaches you - slow down. Police are up ahead.

[RhynoCZ]

I use hand signals all the time.

EDIT: Left/Right turn and stop only IF the light signals of the motorcycle do not work. Happend to me a few times, all car drivers did understand the hand signals and I got safely home.

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[M.C]

[andym]

I used to use hand signals all the time when I was a bus driver, but that was more to warn people that I WAS going to move away from the bus stop whether they let me or not

[Riejufixing]

[yen_powell]

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