On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 10:26 -0800, Joe Bernard wrote: > On the topic of "taking the lane" , I've had much success with hand > signals. I get a hand out to warn the driver I'm pulling away from > parked cars now; hold up one finger to exclaim "hang on a minute and > we'll get past this together"; then a "wave-by" as I swerve back to > the right when the curb opens up. I purposely do an exaggerated "big > swoop" to the right, which tells the driver "I'm getting the heck > outta your way so you can get on with your day, and thanks for > waiting".
Clever, but I think you have to be VERY careful about how you display that one finger, so it won't be mistaken for a very different one-finger hand signal... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.