![]() Turn left or right when driving within a car park.pull into or out from a kerb or side of the road.change from one lane to another or diverging.This includes leaving the continuing road at a modified T-intersection when you intend to go straight ahead ( Example 8 and 9) You must signal your intention with your direction indicators to: In the case of leaving a stationary position at the side of the road, you must signal for at least five seconds to allow sufficient warning to be given to other road users, especially bicycle riders. In every case, you must give sufficient warning of your intention to alter direction to allow other drivers, motorcycle riders, bicycle riders and pedestrians to act on your signal. It's also important to remember that giving a signal does not mean that other road users must give way to you or that you can automatically change direction without taking care and giving way. ![]() They cannot know your intentions unless you tell them by giving early and adequate signals. What if your tail light is burned out? (I know, most people don't signal anyway.) And if a driver of an automobile is going to signal manually, they certainly aren't going to use their right arm - in most cases in the US.You must always use your direction indicators (signalling device) to tell other road users what you intend to do. I'm pretty sure hand signals are still taught and tested for on the written exam for a drivers license in Tennessee. Ultimately, I don't care which arm is used to signal a right turn, but I think it's better if everyone uses the same arm. My argument is that everyone playing by the same rules is better from the standpoint of safety. So there's the law and there are your feelings about what makes sense. (f) Drivers of vehicles, standing or stopped at the curb or edge before moving these vehicles, shall give signals of their intention to move into traffic, as provided in this section, before turning in the direction the vehicle shall proceed from the curb. (e) Drivers receiving a signal from another driver shall keep their vehicles under complete control and shall be able to avoid an accident resulting from a misunderstanding of the signal. (d) Drivers having once given a hand, electrical or mechanical device signal, must continue the course thus indicated, unless they alter the original signal and take care that drivers of vehicles and pedestrians have seen and are aware of the change. (c) These signals shall be given continuously for a distance of at least fifty feet (50¢) before stopping, turning, partly turning, or materially altering the course of the vehicle. Whenever the signal is given by means of the hand and arm, the driver shall indicate the intention to start, stop, or turn, or partly turn, by extending the hand and arm from and beyond the left side of the vehicle, in the following manner: (1) For left turn, or to pull to the left, the arm shall be extended in a horizontal position straight from and level with the shoulder (2) For right turn, or pull to the right, the arm shall be extended upward and (3) For slowing down or to stop, the arm shall be extended downward. (b) The signal required in this section shall be given by means of the hand and arm, or by some mechanical or electrical device approved by the department of safety, in the manner specified in this section. (a) Every driver who intends to start, stop or turn, or partly turn from a direct line, shall first see that that movement can be made in safety, and whenever the operation of any other vehicle may be affected by such movement, shall give a signal required in this section, plainly visible to the driver of the other vehicle of the intention to make such movement. Perhaps quaint, but still the law (in Tennessee anyway): 2010 Tennessee Code Title 55 - Motor and Other VehiclesĬhapter 8 - Operation of VehiclesRules of the Roadĥ5-8-143 - Signals for turns. I don't ride on streets very often, but when I have to, these hand signals still seem pretty natural after all these years. ![]() It sort of worked, but you still used hand signals in most situations … left arm up at right angle for right turn, strait out for left turn and down at right angle with hand open and fingers extended for stop. My first car that I bought at age 16 was a 1950 Plymouth Custom and it had an "add on" turn signal strapped to the steering column that had a rubber wheel rubbing on the steering wheel that was supposed to turn it off as you exited a turn. So hand signals were common for right turn, left turn and stop and were taught in the drivers education class I took at my school as a HS sophomore. ![]() At that time there were still a lot of 40's and 50's (and older) cars on the road that didn't have turn signals, not to mention tractors and other farm implements in the rural area where I lived that not only didn't have turn signals but also didn't have stop lights.
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