On 2006-12-07, OzCableguy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> "Bleve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I forgot to mention, it may also be worth trying to find an alternative
>> route that's less stressful, especially on Friday nights or in low
>> visibility etc.
>>
>
> Yeah, if I get the previous light change at the right time I'll arrive at
> that particular turn without any traffic but at other times I'll have a
> great stream of traffic bearing down on me right when I'm about to hit it.
> Now I'm fairly confident in traffic but once or twice I've had to pull right
> off the road at that one and wait for it to thin out a bit.
> Is there a hand signal that can warn people behind me that I'm going
> straight? The traffic at these intersections tends to be 50/50 and could go
> either direction so it's definitely in my interest to make sure they know
> which way I'm going. I've been pointing kind of downwards on my right in an
> effort to indicate I'm staying towards the left side of the right lane but
> that's very similar to the signal used to indicate debris on the road.
Yes, but what car drivers are interested in debris? Seems like you've
found the right signal to me -- whilst ghostgum says drivers know
left, right and stopping (do drivers really know "stopping"?), a hand
pointing in the rough direction you want to go ought to be clear
enough. I once or twice signal a "diagonal" when I am following a
bend on a major road instead of going straight ahead onto a major
road, despite the fact that you aren't technically allowed to signal
in such a situation (no one would book you for it though!).
--
TimC
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