Thread: Turn signals?
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Old 05-08-05 | 11:29 AM
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palmertires
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Originally Posted by Mehow
Hi, I'm wondering why you would want to install turn signals. It seems to me as though they would be very difficult to see by the car traffic behind you. What's wrong with hand signals? (They seem like the most visible/practical turn signal method)

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I don't want to install turn signal lights...was just wondering if they existed (have never seen a bicycle with them). I was thinking about it the other day when I was making a left turn. I was also thinking about the usefulness of hand signals, since what I was taught as a youngster and in drivers ed are different from what is published by my city in their cycling guide. I was also wondering how many drivers out there will recognize my hand signal for what it is, even though I think it's pretty obvious, you never know what the driver of the car behind you has going on between their ears, or what they were taught.
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