I mean, they indicate to give way, but if there’s nothing to give way to she can zoom around as fast as she want!
It seems an odd way to indicate to me. In the US we are taught to signal with your left hand, the one closest to traffic.
With indicate I was referring to the “shark teeth” on the pavement. This means if you come from that direction, you have to give way, but it doesn’t mean you need to make a stop. If the way is clear you can make the turn.
As for indicating by hand, that’s interesting. By using the right hand, traffic from your left won’t always see the hand behind your body. This makes it hard to see where the cyclist is going sometimes.
Ahh, I see. I’ve never learned to read the pavement markings in other countries. Didn’t even think about that!
Yeah, that’s why we use the left arm, since cyclists in this country would be on the outer edge of the road, so right side. Left is straight out, right is a 90° upward arm signal, and slow or yield is a straight arm out at 45° downward.
How do you indicate going right with your left hand? Here you extend your arm in the direction you want to go.
Just looked it up to check and it’s in the “wegcode” (traffic law), artikel 12.4 and 13.
