Originally Posted by
Insidious C.
Today something really unusual occurred on my evening commute. Approaching an intersection I signaled for a right turn using my left arm, old school. That's not unusual, I always signal turns. What was unusual was the oncoming driver signaling to go left actually understood and made his turn without waiting for me. I wonder if drivers are hesitant to trust cyclists or if hand signals are just not understood anymore? Does this happen to you as well?
I wonder why you use a method of signaling which you recognize as being rarely understood by anyone but yourself. Why do you bother to make cryptic signals at all?
Same question applies to those bicyclists who make obscure hand signals for stopping to motorists? Why bother?