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Biker signals

  • 05-06-2016 08:16PM
    #1
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,270 ✭✭✭✭


    I will admit that I only really know one biker signal, and appreciate the heads up this evening from a biker heading north on the N2, around Tedcastles. He gave a few taps on his helmet, which is about the only signal I knew, so I slowed down a little to just under the speed limit. About a mile or two later, saw a white estate cage pulled in on the left side (as I headed south), with two lovely Garda inside. A good spot for an unmarked car to catch speeders. :D

    Anyway, if it was someone on boards, cheers !!!! ;)

    Now I must brush up on a few other signals -
    http://motorbikewriter.com/use-hand-signals-motorcycle/


Comments

  • #2
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    heres a popular one....look straight ahead and ignore the waving biker opposite....:P


  • #3
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,194 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    heres a popular one....look straight ahead and ignore the waving biker opposite....:P

    If he ignored it, he'd be done for speeding.
    I always notify other rider of speed traps, but usually the palm out pressing to the ground, the universal "slow down" gesture


  • #4
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Cienciano wrote: »
    If he ignored it, he'd be done for speeding.
    I always notify other rider of speed traps, but usually the palm out pressing to the ground, the universal "slow down" gesture


    I thought that was for "dwarfs ahead"............:eek::D


  • #5
    Skill Magill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    Cienciano wrote: »
    If he ignored it, he'd be done for speeding.
    I always notify other rider of speed traps, but usually the palm out pressing to the ground, the universal "slow down" gesture

    Only one I know, apart from head nodding, waving and sticking you're leg out, but they're more an acknowledgement than a signal.


  • #6
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Patting the top of your helmet to warn other bikers of the fuzz ahead


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  • #7
    Blondie919
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭Blondie919


    When I pass a biker at side of the road I slow down and give a thumbs up sign to ask if they are ok. I'll pull over if I get the thumbs down gesture.


  • #8
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,521 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Blondie919 wrote: »
    When I pass a biker at side of the road I slow down and give a thumbs up sign to ask if they are ok. I'll pull over if I get the thumbs down gesture.
    What if they're upside down in a ditch, giving a thumbs up?


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