Hand signals from car

I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

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On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:32:16 +0100, Alycidon wrote:

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

Apparently that means slow down. I used it once to tell someone to dip his lights, which didn't work. My friend (while I was a passenger) saw it once, and we were both trying to work out if he was telling us our boot was left open. My neighbour (when I was behind her) once used it to me, and I thought she was sarcastically telling me I was driving too fast (as she is a terribly slow driver and I'm not), but she later said she was doing a royal wave!

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On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:32:16 +0100, Alycidon wrote:

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

When someone tells me to slow down, I always speed up. Why should I listen to a random stranger?

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On 13/10/2015 16:32, Alycidon wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

Back in the sixties the test included all of the hand signals.
If I remember correctly, you were told to use hand signals only
for about 15 mins.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:49:04 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 13/10/2015 16:32, Alycidon wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

Back in the sixties the test included all of the hand signals.

Presumably less cars had indicators then. When I was in primary school 33 years ago, one of the teachers had an old Austin with electric sticky out signals!

If I remember correctly, you were told to use hand signals only
for about 15 mins.

Why would you indicate for 15 minutes?

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On 13/10/2015 16:44, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:32:16 +0100, Alycidon wrote:

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor
stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the
other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution,
but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many
drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like
he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

When someone tells me to slow down, I always speed up. Why should I
listen to a random stranger?

Because he might have seen a pedestrian/ animal etc walking in the road
that you might not be able to see. Speeding up after a driver has given
that signal can only mean that you are a stupid driver and a liability.

On 13/10/2015 16:50, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:49:04 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 13/10/2015 16:32, Alycidon wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The
instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then
rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator
substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I
doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them
looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

Back in the sixties the test included all of the hand signals.

Presumably less cars had indicators then. When I was in primary school
33 years ago, one of the teachers had an old Austin with electric sticky
out signals!

If I remember correctly, you were told to use hand signals only
for about 15 mins.

Why would you indicate for 15 minutes?

Eh!?

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:53:17 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 13/10/2015 16:44, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:32:16 +0100, Alycidon wrote:

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The instructor
stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then rotated it the
other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator substitution,
but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I doubt many
drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them looked like
he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

When someone tells me to slow down, I always speed up. Why should I
listen to a random stranger?

Because he might have seen a pedestrian/ animal etc walking in the road
that you might not be able to see. Speeding up after a driver has given
that signal can only mean that you are a stupid driver and a liability.

When people use that signal, it almost always means they don't like you speeding. If they're warning you of a speed trap, they make a gun shape with their hand, or flash their lights several times rapidly.

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On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:54:27 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 13/10/2015 16:50, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:49:04 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 13/10/2015 16:32, Alycidon wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 16:18:37 UTC+1, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
I observed a learner driver being shown hand signals. The
instructor stuck his hand through the window and rotated it, then
rotated it the other way. I vaguely remember some kind of indicator
substitution, but I wasn't taught it in my lessons in 1997, and I
doubt many drivers would know what it meant. At least one of them
looked like he was beckoning to the car behind to pull round him.

I've used the bottom one quite a few times.

https://create-cdn.net/siteimages/11...60/5302807.jpg

Back in the sixties the test included all of the hand signals.

Presumably less cars had indicators then. When I was in primary school
33 years ago, one of the teachers had an old Austin with electric sticky
out signals!

If I remember correctly, you were told to use hand signals only
for about 15 mins.

Why would you indicate for 15 minutes?

Eh!?

I was unable to interpret "you were told to use hand signals only for about 15 mins" any other way.

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