After much study, whats happening to hand signals ??????????????????

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Team Elkhorn

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timo said:
We haven't beaten this horse enough yet people???????????????????
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No kidding.:rolleyes:
But heres my two cents. I'll signal if oncoming traffic does it first, if its safe. I'll always signal if I see its a family out with the kids because I'll always slow way down for them anyway. Besides its usually the kids riding as a passenger doing the signaling. And if they get a reply it brightens their day. Kinda like a high five.:)
Its been my experience that Ricky doesn't slow down anyway. Signal or not.
 
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alwaysright

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yeah a couple of flashing 5's is just fine if the groups is 10+, it's just nice for the last guy to give the fist you you know he's the last one
 
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soxfan3

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To me it's simple. If you are under control & comfortable, go ahead & signal. If you can't control your sled, then please keep your hands on the handlebars, I'll fend for myself & assume the next guy in your group will be in the same situation.
 
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catgirl

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beakjones said:
I don't because my handlebars have gauntlets on them. If I take my hands out I can't quickly and safely put my hand back into the gauntlets and thus the brake lever is possibly un-usable. This is not safe at all.

I can't believe that any safety minded organization would encourage riders to take their hands off the bars. Maybe the issue needs re-visiting since it has no basis in reality.

I see you long before I see your hands so.... yea, useless. I don't care how long you've been riding - anecdotes are not evidence.
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I can't believe any safety-minded person would have gauntlets!
 
eagle1

eagle1

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YES!!!!!! page2!!!!!! LOL

I ride alone but signal 5.................................just in case someones behind me. :rolleyes:
 
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pinestump

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shelby369 said:
Over the last 4 weeks, I have logged over a 1000 miles riding Vilas, Oneida, and Iron counties in Wisconsin........I started noticing that certain groups of riders failed to hand signal......so of course I started to pay closer attention and this is what I un-scientifically figured out........The tread of non-signaling riders were male under the age of 30..........This past Sat night I approched a group of males in there low 20's while sitting in the Tiki bar in St. germain, I asked them "whats up with your generation of rides feeling they don't have to hand signal" and to my surprise, they "this group of young men" also have noticed this trend and were complaining also to me about the safety issues created by NOT using hand signals.........so I ask you young "backpack wearing, shovel carrying, itunes connected, gopro running young guys" WHY CANT YOU HAND SIGNAL ????
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54....Backpack...Shovel...2.5 paddled long track and a goggle helmet..Bla Bla..

We talked about this same thing this past weekend and all thought that most folks should keep thier hands on the bars we will make it around just fine....Also we felt it only necessary that the last person in line hand signal as last sled..
We rarely ever ride a snowmobile trail because to be honest we do not want to be hit by another ridder.......
 
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POLARISDAN

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yes..5 fingers..unless ur sled is to powerful to control with one hand, or ur on a dangerous curve, or ur going 95 as we cross and cant let go, or its dark, or drunk, or ur a righty...hahahahahaha:)
 
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arcticgeorge

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I find it annoying too, nothing real dangerous on the trail, no risk taking the hand off the bar and i signal only to have the people or last person not bother.
 
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wilson

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it's like deer, if you see one... you can almost bet there's another not too far behind... don't need a hand signal
 
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polarisrider1

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shelby369 said:
Over the last 4 weeks, I have logged over a 1000 miles riding Vilas, Oneida, and Iron counties in Wisconsin........I started noticing that certain groups of riders failed to hand signal......so of course I started to pay closer attention and this is what I un-scientifically figured out........The tread of non-signaling riders were male under the age of 30..........This past Sat night I approched a group of males in there low 20's while sitting in the Tiki bar in St. germain, I asked them "whats up with your generation of rides feeling they don't have to hand signal" and to my surprise, they "this group of young men" also have noticed this trend and were complaining also to me about the safety issues created by NOT using hand signals.........so I ask you young "backpack wearing, shovel carrying, itunes connected, gopro running young guys" WHY CANT YOU HAND SIGNAL ????
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You forgot to mention Monster/Rockstar stickered Orange mohawked helmet riding hooligans.
Don"t worry this 53 year old has been riding for 41 years and will NOT hand signal you either. Hand signals cause more chaos than no signals. More than half the time they are used incorrectly anyways.
 
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jmvette427

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when RICKY RACER chops me in the corner, I hand signal, but usually he is already past me, and cant see my "you're number one " hand signal !
 
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Love Snow

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I to use hand signals because I want sleds coming at me to know that i have more people in my group coming. We use communicators so my group knows well before they see sleds that there coming.
 
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YooprYami

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My personally favorite is around towns when a group of 4-12 people all signal... The last person gives the first.... ANNND wham there's another big group right behind them. What's the point of signaling when there's another 10+ sleds behind the "last person"??

My other personal favorite is groups of rental sleds or beginner riders on old sleds who feel the need to signal everytime and almost hit you when they take their hand off the bars... Keep your damn hands on the bars! I usually signal one rider behind me for those times... Ha.
 
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YooprYami

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Last year a guy was seriously injured while passing me when he tried to signal he had other riders behind him. It was on a long straightaway road through a newly logged field. (Wide open trail with a lot of visibility - no need to signal because I could see the 2 other sleds a quarter mile behind him already). We were approaching each other traveling about 60mph and he took his hand off to signal. His skis pulled the sled toward the side of the road and just off the edge of the trail where the right ski struck a stump... Ripped the ski completely off, he went flying and got pretty badly injured. The sled then jetted across the trail into my lane but luckily he struck the stump directly parallel to me so I was past the accident when the sled came across the trail. If he would have hit that stump 10feet earlier his sled would have hit me head on. At 60 mph, I probably wouldn't be here. So when idiots and unexperienced riders try to signal and they start swerving all over the trail... I give them the finger. So does my riding group. You should be riding on YOUR side of the trail anyway so it shouldn't matter if you know how many sleds are coming or not.
 
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