Group Hand Signals

Common Hand Signals for Group RIding

Start your engines - With your left or right arm extended, move your index finger in a circular motion (example below).

Left Turn signal - Raise your left arm horizontal with your elbow fully extened (example below).

Right Turn Signal - Raise your left arm horizontal with your elbow bent 90 degrees vertically (example below).

Stop - Extend your left arm at a 45 degree angle with the palm of your hand facing back  towards the riders behind you (example below).

Slow down - Extend your left arm at a 45 degree angle and move your hand up and down (example below).

Hazard to left - Extend your left arm at a 45 degree downward angle and point towards the hazard (example below)

Hazard to right (lane of travel) - Extend your  right leg at a 45 degree angle to indicate the hazard (example below).

Hazard to right (Side of road) - Extend your left arm upward at a 45 degree angle with your elbow bent to 90 degrees and point towards the

hazard over your helmet (example below)

Single file - Position your left hand over your helmet with your fingers extended upward.  This indicates that the road captain wants the group in a

single file formation, usually for safety reasons (example below).

Staggered Formation - Extend your left arm upward at a 45 degree angle with your index an pinkie finger extended to indicate that it is safe to return to a staggered formation (example below).

Tighten Up - Raise left arm with fist clenended, and repeatedly move the fist up and down. Used by the Road Captain when they want to reduce the seperation between riders such as when coming to a traffic light that is likely to turn red before the entire group gets through, or when merging traffic risks spilting up the group (example below)