{"id":172217,"date":"2019-02-01T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=172217"},"modified":"2019-02-01T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T08:54:00","slug":"learn-all-the-signs-cyclists-use-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/02\/01\/learn-all-the-signs-cyclists-use-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn All the Signs Cyclists Use on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riding in a pack makes every single member part of a living organism. Should you survive in a hostile road traffic environment, you’d better learn the communication among each other first. Knowledge of these simple signals is preferred to getting your jaws stuck in your mate’s rear wheel after an unexpected halting. Even though every group might alternate signs to their needs, these signals are words of a silent language of cycling squads all over the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stop!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sudden breaking while riding close to each other might be extremely dangerous. A brief moment of distraction and riders in the rear could be too late on breaks to avoid a collision with their mates riding ahead. This is why riders in the lead should always indicate their intention to halt by raising left hand above their head.<\/p>\n

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Slow down<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Decreasing speed of the pack might lead to a similar risk of riding into someone’s wheel like sudden halting. Intention to slow down the pace should be expressed by extending your arm with palm down while moving your hand up and down.<\/p>\n

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Left turn \/ Right turn<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Although some people still have problems to get familiar with the turn indications, even most kids know that extending the left arm to the side means you are about to go left while the right arm means turning right. This particular rule has a global validity apart from communication with your younger sister.<\/p>\n