Vacation Gear Celebrates Road Safety Week – Know Your Hand Signals
Know your hand signals! Any time you are on the road either in a car, on a Bike or in a Golf Cart for your safety you should be aware of proper hand signals. Vacation Gear rents both Bicycles & Golf carts. Golf carts are classified under Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.
Hand signals are not a viable method of indication at night, as nobody will be able to see them. You can only drive a golf cart during DAYLIGHT hours in South Carolina. You can drive on secondary highways or streets with a speed limit of 35 mph or less. You can cross a highway or street at an intersection even if the highway or street being crossed has a speed limit of greater than 35 mph.
You may need to use hand signals to communicate with other road users if a problem should occur and your turn indicators are malfunctioning. Additionally, if there is a line of vehicles behind you which may hide your signal lights from some motorists, or you are driving in extremely bright sunshine which may obscure your signal lights.
If your turn indicators are malfunctioning it is important to understand how to use hand signals.
Before making any turn, whether onto another roadway, a parking lot, another traffic lane, or leaving a parked position, it is important that you signal. Your signal lets other drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians know your intentions. You must give a proper turn signal at least 100 ft before turning or changing lanes.
As you will only have safe access to the left window, both left and right turns must be signaled from this position. Attempting to lean over to the right window would impair your control of the vehicle and view of the road ahead.
To signal a right turn, extend your left arm out of the left window and bend it at a 90-degree angle with the hand pointing upwards. The signal should appear “L” shaped when viewed by the drivers behind you.
To signal a left turn, extend your left arm straight out the left window. Your arm should be roughly parallel to the roadway so that your hand is pointing to the left. Be careful not to fully extend your arm if there are other vehicles, cyclists or obstacles nearby which you may hit.
To signal you are stopping, extend your left arm out the driver’s window and point your arm down with your fingers extended and your palm facing rearward. This is the universally accepted sign that you’re decelerating, and other drivers understand it intuitively. Keep your arm in this position at least until you come to a full stop before you pull your arm back in, check your mirrors to confirm that cars behind you have seen this signal and are slowing down.
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