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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
Seeing as how we sit on the left side of the car (or as we call it, the "driver's" side), and the window is on the left, and your left arm is not (necessarily) steering or shifting, our hand signals all evolved from the left arm. and they don't even know there's a "stop" signal (left hand down at 90 deg palm facing backwards.)
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English hand signals in England are obviously evolved from the right hand, however, a car signal for a left turn is right arm extended while making a circular motion, but on a bike it's left hand extended, and to a policeman on traffic duty it's the right hand across the windscreen, pointing left
As for stopping signals, it's right arm extended & moving it up & down, while in Australia it's right arm held up at 90ยบ
Confusing, eh?
