[Ducati] Hand signal question

[mike major]

No Idea where it came from but the signal seems to have shown up here in the
twisties of northern Cal about 3 years ago.  Before that a circular motion
was the thing.  This morning, on my way home from work, I was pulled over by
a CHP on a BMW that I failed to notice in my rear view.  He claimed that I
exceeded 90 leaving the toll booths, I told him I always try to be the
fastest out so I don't have to worry about folks coming up behind me.  He
told me that was the stupidest excuse he had heard in a long time, said it
would be a waste of time to write me a ticket, got on his bike and left.
Sooo, stupidity pays?  Far out, Moonbeam.

On 7/31/07, Mike Suranyi <msuranyi at niello.com> wrote:
>
>        I've always heard it was a tap to the top of the dome to indicate
> LEO's on the road.  Haven't seen the fingers used before.  Even get it
> from
> a cager from time to time.
>
> That is all...
>
> DucMike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Michael Menard
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:33 PM
> To: ducati at ducati.net
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Hand signal question
>
> Hand to the helmet (I've always heard of it as top of the helmet) means
> police ahead.  I always add the distance (in miles) by the number of
> fingers
> extended, in a hand held out, following the hand to helmet.  1 finger
> means
> police within 1 mile, and so on.  I've seen others do it as well.
>
> Beppe
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