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Left-turn hand signal
The driver of a vehicle on a public
road who intends to turn to the left or move to the left shall, before reaching
the point at which he or she intends to turn or move to the left, extend his or
her right arm sideward from the shoulder with the forearm in a vertical and
downward position and move his or her forearm in a circular anti-clockwise
motion: Provided that in the case of a driver of a tractor, a two-wheel vehicle
or an animal drawn vehicle, such driver may, in lieu of the hand signal
aforesaid, extend his or her left arm and hand sideward from the shoulder and
fully horizontal to the road with the palm of the hand turned to the front.
Right-turn hand signal
The driver of a vehicle on a public
road who intends to turn to the right or move to the right shall, before
reaching the point at which he or she intends to turn or move to the right,
extend his or her right arm and hand sideward from the shoulder and fully
horizontal to the road with the palm of the hand turned to the front.
Use of direction indicators in lieu of hand signals
The driver of a vehicle which is
fitted with direction indicators shall signal his or her intention to turn or
move to the left or right by operating the direction indicator on the left or
right side, as the case may be, of the vehicle.
The driver of a vehicle who has put a direction indicator into
operation to signal his or her intention to turn or move to the left or right
shall, as soon as the need to signal has passed, cease to keep such indicator
in operation.
(2) The driver of a tractor or of a
combination of motor vehicles of which the drawing vehicle is a tractor, may in
lieu of giving the appropriate hand signal, signal his or her intention to turn
to the left or to the right or move to the left or the right by extending a
portable direction indicator which complies with the following requirements:
when in use, the indicator shall project at least 30 metres beyond the widest part of the vehicle or load thereon, whichever is
the wider;
the portable direction indicator shall consist of a red
fluorescent arrow of adequate rigidity, with dimensions as shown in Diagram A
hereto, attached to a handle the length of which shall comply with the
requirements of paragraph (a); and
a yellow retro-reflector complying
with the definition of a retro-reflector shall be fitted to the front and back
surfaces of the arrow as illustrated hereunder
Signal to indicate intention to reduce speed
The driver of a vehicle on a public
road who intends to stop or to reduce speed suddenly shall before doing so
extend his or her right arm sideward from the shoulder with the forearm held in
a vertical and upward position and the palm of the hand turned to the front.
Permissible hand signals
The driver of a vehicle may, in
addition to the signals prescribed in the preceding regulations, give the
following hand signals:
If he or she intends to slow down, he or she may extend his or
her right arm sideward from the shoulder with the palm of the hand turned
downward and move his or her arm slowly up and down; and
if he or she desires to indicate to following traffic that it
may overtake his or her vehicle on the right, he or she may fully extend his or
her right arm below the level of the shoulder with the palm of the hand turned
forward and move it backward and forward from the shoulder.
Signals for use by traffic officer for control of traffic
(1) The signals which a traffic
officer shall use for the control of traffic, are set out in the Schedule:
Provided that a traffic officer is not prohibited from giving any other signal
he or she may deem appropriate in the exercise of his or her powers.
(2) A traffic officer who has given a
stop signal to a driver of a vehicle or a pedestrian on a public road, may
lower the hand by which such signal was given or use it for giving other
signals and any such driver or pedestrian shall not proceed until such officer
signals to him or her to do so.
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