Originally Posted by
spivonious
Sticking my right arm out for a right turn is much more readily understood, so that's what I do. I do have the occasional driver misinterpreting my left-turn signal for a "it's okay to pass me" signal, but those are pretty rare.
As far as if they still teach hand signals, it's still in the driver's manual here in PA.
Sure, they still have it in the manual, but how much time can pass between briefly passing it by in the manual to actually ever seeing it on the road? I was 16 and got my license in 1988. I had never seen anyone use hand signals until probably 2-3 years ago when I was following a coworker who was riding an old Harley without turn signals. I'll admit, at 16 I was just like all the other 16 year olds as well as all the 16 year olds from then to now that I was just a punk kid wanting just to pass the tests and get my license over actually learning anything.
I remember the hand signals more from learning to ride a motorcycle as an adult and wanting to learn as much as I could about safety rather than getting my government approval to operate a motorcycle. In fact, I never did get that motorcycle license.