To the #WhitePersonSplainers :-) who tell me extending my right arm is not a valid right turn signal (nobody who's not white has ever mansplained this to me in 17 years of bicycling in Vancouver: It is a valid signal ; See:: BC Motor Vehicle Act:: Bicyclists signal a right turn by doing either of the following ... (ii) extending the person's right hand and arm horizontally from the cycle
Discovered: Aug 16, 2025 05:16 (UTC)To the #WhitePersonSplainers :-) who tell me extending my right arm is not a valid right turn signal (nobody who’s not white has ever mansplained this to me in 17 years of bicycling in Vancouver: It is a valid signal ; See:: BC Motor Vehicle Act:: Bicyclists signal a right turn by doing either of the following … (ii) extending the person’s right hand and arm horizontally from the cycle
- Happens about once a month. Get a life #WhitePersonSplainers :-) and more importantly read the BC law!
QUOTE From the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act revised August 5, 2025
- Read the whole thing: BC Motor Vehicle Act:: Bicyclists signal a right turn by doing either of the following … (ii) extending the person’s right hand and arm horizontally from the cycle
(17) A person operating a cycle on a highway must signify
(a) a left turn by extending the person’s left hand and arm horizontally from the cycle,
(b) a right turn by doing either of the following:
(i) extending the person’s left hand and arm out and upward from the cycle so that the upper and lower parts of the arm are at right angles;
>(ii) extending the person’s right hand and arm horizontally from the cycle, and