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OT: Left hand down?
On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 03:58:11 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:
Dean Hoffman wrote Commander Kinsey wrote Why do people say left hand down instead of left? We all know which way to turn the wheel to make the car go left, and it's the same in reverse. And if I'm reversing looking over my shoulder, one hand isn't on the wheel so the phrase makes no sens The only thing I can think of is from the old days. Dunno, hard to see that unless you mean say the military during WW2 etc. There was a time when drivers used hand signals to signal left, right, or stop with their left hands. Nope, with their right hands, Britain is right hand drive and that phrase doesn’t appear to be that common outside right hand drive countrys. And there was no down involved. There was a way to indicate a left turn by the driver in a right hand drive car but I cant remember what what it was. Hand moving downward indicated slowing down before lights were common. That might still be legal Yeah, it is still used by bicycle riders. but I don't remember anyone using them. I did see it very rarely indeed in my early days and still see it quite a bit with bicycle riders. Eh? Cyclists just stick one arm straight out in the direction they're going. Anything else would bre ambiguous. That reminds me of the first time I ever saw someone tell us to slow down. He had his hand palm down, and was lowering it repeatedly. We realised later he was informing us of an accident up ahead. But both me and my friend who was driving were trying to figure out what was left open, thinking he meant the boot (trunk) was up in the air. I was on holiday and parked in a layby with poor visibility (blind bend behind me). As I began reversing out, a German tourist simply raised one finger. I took this to mean "you're ok to go", and continued, then slammed on the brakes as a bus came round the corner. Apparently Germans don't bother using the whole hand to mean stop. |
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