[Ducati] Hand signal question

[Don Hill]

I always do a left hand salute myself ... has nothing to do with police ... 
hope I haven't innadvertantly been confusing people.
Don

Subject: [Ducati] Hand signal question


>I left on a weeklong motorcycle trip July 22.  As I was going up the coast 
>on Monday, I met riders coming south from the Moto GP at Laguna Seca.  As 
>one rider went by, he raised his left hand to his helmet.  The next rider 
>after him did the same thing.  I have never seen this signal before, but I 
>figured that the most likely thing they were trying to tell me was that 
>there were police ahead.  Then a group of three riders went by doing the 
>same thing.  Finally, I saw a rider coming toward me being followed by a 
>patrol car.  The motorcycle rider made the left hand to the helmet signal 
>to me.  At first I thought "Duh!" and then I thought that was kind of a 
>bold gesture.  It turns out, however, that he was trying to warn me about 
>an array of motorcycle officers around the next corner.  I wasn't going 
>that fast and coming from the opposite direction; I saw them before they 
>saw me.
>
>  My questions are: Can anyone tell me about this signal?  How come I've 
> never seen it before?  How universal is it?  What is the actual proper 
> form of the signal?
>
>  Steve in Encinitas
>  Ducati 1098 yellow
>  BMW R1200RT grey
>
>
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