Can you use hand signals on a motorcycle

Try to make your arm easily visible to other drivers while being in a safe and comfortable driving position. If you intend to stop or slow down, extend your left arm out the window and point your hand down with your palm facing the drivers behind you. But there are a few instances you will need to use them to abide by your local traffic laws.

Keeping on top of your regular vehicle maintenance means making sure all your external car lights function properly. Lightbulbs will go out over time, and you may not have the parts or time to change them right away. If this is the case, and you are in need of your car, using hand signals in this situation is best. If ur using hand signals because ur turn signals arent working do u have to take the lights off ur bike or can u keep them on bike?? Hi Thresa, Do NOT remove any indicators or lights from your bike as this will render it unroadworthy.

If your indicators stop working while you are riding, you can use hand signals for turning. However, you cannot get on a bike that is unroadworthy. So, if pulled over by police tell them the fault has only just happened and you are on your way to a mechanic to get them fixed.

Cheers, Mark. Hand signals can be so confusing and can cause more of a distraction than the intended communication. I try to keep them to a minimum and move with the times using voice communication. Riders should be looking for hazards themselves and not require someone else to do their thinking.

This will only make them lazy and more likely to be at risk. For large group rides, known destinations and effective corner marking, are a far more effective way of conducting the ride. Although some models use a separate light for the left and right turn indicators, other models use a single light for both turns. If your instrument panel has only one indicator light for both left and right, check the flasher unit.

Some vehicle models combine the brake light, taillight and turn signal into one light bulb. Ensure you are in the right-turn lane, then move the lever up with your left hand. The series of events which follow are similar to those which occur when making a signal to turn towards the left. Join Date Jan Posts 38, Re: Improperly Cited for Using Hand Signals on a Motorcycle at Night in Mn I can see that interpretation but I read it as it is making an aside comment- The signals herein required shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or signal device of a type approved by the commissioner of public safety, but when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not be visible in normal sunlight and at night, both to the front and rear of such vehicle then the signals must be given by such a lamp or device.

What happens in situations of lack of clarity in terminology? I've little experience in law but I believe it is most oft that precedents are used?

Join Date Sep Posts 19, Standard English rules and statutory construction apply even if you don't understand them. It will be up to the judge to make the interpretation in your case.

If you can find some case law to support your interpretation, be sure to bring that as well. Re: Improperly Cited for Using Hand Signals on a Motorcycle at Night So I've done some research on case precedence in this matter and believe I have found support for my interpretation of the statute. Could some of you verify that I am understanding this correctly and let me know what kind of weight presentation of this would carry?

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