Highway Code Quiz No1

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

b) He has been offered a part in "The Producers", but hasn't quite got the
hang of this saluting thingy.

c) He wishes to turn right.

d) Must pass, must pass, must pass. (and try to knock his arm off at the
same time).

ITYMissed "e) It's the starting signal for your road race sprint.
Accelerate as hard as possible without wheelspinning. Make sure all
your attention is on your speedometer, to check maximum speed obtained
before you have to brake sharply for the next proper [1] road vehicle
ahead."

R.

[1] ie, pays their road tax. :-)

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

e) He is trying to block my God-given right to drive my tin box at or
above the speed limit without impediment.

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

Give us some clues...

- What type of road user is the observer: pedestrian, cyclist or whatever?

- Was the observed cyclist on a road or on a pavement?

Quoted message said:

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

b) He has been offered a part in "The Producers", but hasn't quite got the
hang of this saluting thingy.

c) He wishes to turn right.

d) Must pass, must pass, must pass. (and try to knock his arm off at the
same time).

--
Matt B

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

If I was going to be pedantic, I would point out the following: His
right arm could be held out to the left and still be both horizontal and
at right angles to his direction of travel[1]. But I'm not. So I won't.

I will however point out that I'm right handed and I wear a watch on my
right hand. This[2] is due to a bizarre accident involving a unicycle, a
set of toe clips and a multistorey car park. I have also never owned or
worn a Rolex due to a personal preference for timepieces over jewellery.

What happened to:
e) He is displaying one of the multitude of BMW standard semaphore
signals for "target" :-)

[1]This may make him a clown riding his bike backwards.
[2]The watch wearing, not the handedness.
--
JimP
--
"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

b) He has been offered a part in "The Producers", but hasn't quite got the
hang of this saluting thingy.

c) He wishes to turn right.

d) Must pass, must pass, must pass. (and try to knock his arm off at the
same time).

e) their nail varnish isn't dry yet ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Richard said:

ITYMissed "e) It's the starting signal for your road race sprint.
Accelerate as hard as possible without wheelspinning. Make sure all
your attention is on your speedometer, to check maximum speed obtained
before you have to brake sharply for the next proper [1] road vehicle
ahead."
[1] ie, pays their road tax. :-)

<pedant>
That will be never then, no one pays road tax.
(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)
</pedant>
:o)
--
This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no
hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a "different"
arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down (my preferred
option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed, but to describe the arm as
wrong is sinister in the extreme.

Lab BT said:

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a "different"
arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down (my preferred
option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed, but to describe the arm as
wrong is sinister in the extreme.

Describing the right arm as wrong can surely not be sinister. Any
description of the left hand would be sinister in the extreme..

...d

soup said:

Richard said:

Make sure all
your attention is on your speedometer, to check maximum speed obtained
before you have to brake sharply for the next proper [1] road vehicle
ahead."
[1] ie, pays their road tax. :-)

<pedant>
That will be never then, no one pays road tax.

Someone must because the government collected about £5Bn pounds from it
in 2004.

Quoted message said:

([...], but
calling VED road tax... .)
</pedant>

Do you believe that the phrase "road tax" is not in regular use?

--
Matt B

Lab BT said:

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a "different"
arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down (my preferred
option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed,

Agreed, for it is indeed the watch which is wrong as it has buttons. Any
fule know that watches should have crowns. Mind you, if you persist in
viewing your watch upsidedown, it is no wonder the crown has fallen off.

Quoted message said:

but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

That's a little gauche!

--
JimP
--
"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan

Jim Price said:

Lab BT said:

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a "different"
arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down (my preferred
option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed,

Why do you have to stand on your head to tell the time? You aren't
australian are you?

Quoted message said:

Agreed, for it is indeed the watch which is wrong as it has buttons. Any
fule know that watches should have crowns. Mind you, if you persist in
viewing your watch upsidedown, it is no wonder the crown has fallen off.

Quoted message said:

but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

That's a little gauche!

A poind adroitly made..

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your
knowledge of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out
horizontally, at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you
think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see
isn't it good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left
handed).

b) He has been offered a part in "The Producers", but hasn't quite
got the hang of this saluting thingy.

c) He wishes to turn right.

d) Must pass, must pass, must pass. (and try to knock his arm off at
the same time).

If it's the guy i saw on West Side by Wimbleon common a little while ago it
means:

[To cyclist companion behind him:] "Look dear, that's Wimbledon over there,
we are carrying straight on"

pk

Lab BT said:

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a
"different" arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside
down (my preferred option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed,
but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

I did put quotes around wrong, as some may see it as wrong, others as
differently correct whilst yet others will not even think about what
arm it should be on.
--
This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no
hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .

David Martin said:

Jim Price said:

Lab BT said:

>(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
>calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a "different"
arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down (my preferred
option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed,

Why do you have to stand on your head to tell the time? You aren't
australian are you?

Quoted message said:

Agreed, for it is indeed the watch which is wrong as it has buttons. Any
fule know that watches should have crowns. Mind you, if you persist in
viewing your watch upsidedown, it is no wonder the crown has fallen off.

Quoted message said:

but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

That's a little gauche!

A poind adroitly made..

And not to mention that the English word 'sinister' is not a lot
different to the Italian word 'sinistra', meaning 'left' (I believe that
the word's Latin origin contained the association between 'left' and
'unlucky'/'unfavourable'😉.

Some confusion arises, when considering the both the comment below (cut
from above), and the dual sense of the word 'sinister', if as I
understand the subject arm is the _right_ one...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

Ian.

Ian Bates said:

David Martin said:

Jim Price said:

Lab BT wrote:

> > (didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm
> > thing, but calling VED road tax... .)
>
> How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a
> "different" arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed
> upside down (my preferred option) or the buttons are
> inconveniently placed,

Why do you have to stand on your head to tell the time? You aren't
australian are you?

Quoted message said:

Agreed, for it is indeed the watch which is wrong as it has
buttons. Any fule know that watches should have crowns. Mind you,
if you persist in viewing your watch upsidedown, it is no wonder
the crown has fallen off.

> but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

That's a little gauche!

A poind adroitly made..

And not to mention that the English word 'sinister' is not a lot
different to the Italian word 'sinistra', meaning 'left' (I believe
that the word's Latin origin contained the association between 'left'
and 'unlucky'/'unfavourable'😉.

Some confusion arises, when considering the both the comment below
(cut from above), and the dual sense of the word 'sinister', if as I
understand the subject arm is the _right_ one...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

I think they knew that Ian, hence all the puns on
left/right/droite/sinister etc.
--
This post contains no hidden meanings, no implications and certainly no
hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .

Ian Bates said:

David Martin said:

Jim Price said:

Lab BT wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> but to describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

That's a little gauche!

A point adroitly made..

And not to mention that the English word 'sinister' is not a lot
different to the Italian word 'sinistra', meaning 'left' (I believe that
the word's Latin origin contained the association between 'left' and
'unlucky'/'unfavourable'😉.

Along with dexter for right providing the root of dextrous.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

in message <[email hidden]>, Lab BT

(') said:

Quoted message said:

(didn't say anything about the watch on the "wrong" arm thing, but
calling VED road tax... .)

How dare you sir, the watch is not on the wrong arm, merely a
"different" arm, and OK, either the watch has to be viewed upside down
(my preferred option) or the buttons are inconveniently placed, but to
describe the arm as wrong is sinister in the extreme.

Agreed. The 'right' arm is called the 'right' arm because it's the right
one to wear a watch on, Shirley. Just as one writes with what's left.
Buttons? What buttons?

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; So, before proceeding with definitive screwing, choose the
;; position most congenital.
-- instructions for fitting bicycle handlebars

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

b) He has been offered a part in "The Producers", but hasn't quite got the
hang of this saluting thingy.

c) He wishes to turn right.

d) Must pass, must pass, must pass. (and try to knock his arm off at the
same time).

Does he have his middle finger extended or not?

Jim Price said:

Lab BT said:

Inspired by my daily commute, the first in a series to test your knowledge
of the highway code.

If you see a cyclist riding along with his right arm held out horizontally,
at right angles to his direction of travel, what do you think this means?

a) He is displaying the the new Rolex santa has brought him , see isn't it
good. (For the pedants among you, the cyclist is left handed).

If I was going to be pedantic, I would point out the following: His
right arm could be held out to the left and still be both horizontal and
at right angles to his direction of travel[1]. But I'm not. So I won't.

I will however point out that I'm right handed and I wear a watch on my
right hand. This[2] is due to a bizarre accident involving a unicycle, a
set of toe clips and a multistorey car park. I have also never owned or
worn a Rolex due to a personal preference for timepieces over jewellery.

I thought this was urc but the above paragraph suddenly makes me think
this must be a draft of a new version of the Hitchhiker's Guide that
got misplaced.

Quoted message said:

What happened to:
e) He is displaying one of the multitude of BMW standard semaphore
signals for "target" :-)

Yes I think it is.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada