What is the hand signal you should use if you wish to turn left?

1. Stick your right arm out at shoulder height, but bend your forearm down to make a 90 degree angle
2. Stick your right arm out at shoulder height
3. Stick your left arm straight out at shoulder height ✓
4. Stick your left arm out at shoulder height and bend your forearm to make a 90 degree angle

Answer: C. Stick your left arm straight out at shoulder height

For a left turn, stick your left arm straight out at shoulder height.

Why this is the answer

The motorcycle handbook presents the left turn signal as your left arm held out, and says motorcyclists must use the left arm for signals in the right-turn case, so the left arm is the one you signal with. A straight arm out to the side points the direction you plan to go, and the handbook adds that you should cancel the signal after the manoeuvre so you don't give other road users the wrong message. The right arm is not the one you use for this signal on a motorcycle.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. Stick your right arm out at shoulder height, but bend your forearm down to make a 90 degree angle — A right arm held out with the forearm angled down is a signal made with the wrong arm, since a left turn is signalled with your left arm.
• B. Stick your right arm out at shoulder height — A right arm straight out is a right-turn signal used by cyclists in the handbook, not the left-turn signal for a motorcycle.
• D. Stick your left arm out at shoulder height and bend your forearm to make a 90 degree angle — The left turn signal is shown with the left arm extended straight, not with the forearm bent down at an angle.

Remember it

Match the arm to the direction: turning left means the left arm points left, straight and level.