Signalling when riding a bike is, according to the highway code at least, advised. What I think they’re aiming at is a timely indication of your intentions. What I think is excessive is standing at the traffic lights with your arm held out for the entire duration of the red-light waiting to move. I’m pretty sure that the people behind you won’t forget where you’re going, and you could rest your arm and maybe move in the road to reflect where you’re going. So, to the man I saw in the advanced stop box the other day, you can put your arm down now, unless it was for some sort of exercise, in which case, carry on.
One place you won’t have to signal at all is on the Google-approved bicycle monorail that’s been hitting the headlines recently. You have to go where the rail takes you, so there’s no need to stick your arm out of the plastic capsule. It looks like a great fun ride, if not all that practical at the moment where we have non-rail-guided bikes that can go anywhere.
This is, of course, assuming that bikes are still welcome on the streets of the world. It seems that in one place at least the establishment simply can’t make up its mind…
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