55How to give stop signal by giving hand signal

55 How to give stop signal by giving hand signal (1) To give a hand signal for stopping or suddenly slowing, the driver must extend the right arm and hand at right angles from the right side of the vehicle, with the upper arm horizontal and the forearm and hand pointing upwards, and with the hand open and the palm facing the direction of travel. (2) However, the rider of a motorbike may give the hand signal by extending the left arm and hand at right angles from the left side of the motorbike, with the upper arm horizontal and the forearm and hand pointing upwards, and with the hand open and the palm facing the direction of travel. Giving a hand signal for stopping or suddenly slowing

Part 6 Traffic lights, traffic arrows and twin red lights Division 6.1 Obeying traffic lights and traffic arrows 56 Stopping for red traffic light or arrow (1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights—as near as (b) if there is a stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or (c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights; and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red signal sign or nearest or only traffic lights until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic light.

Example—s (1) (b) Stopping at a stop here on red signal sign on a road the driver is entering In this example the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go beyond the stop here on red signal sign at 2 if there is a red traffic light showing on the road the driver is entering (see 2 and 3). (1A) However, if the traffic lights are at an intersection with a left turn on (2) A driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow must stop— (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows—as near as (b) if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or

(c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows; and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red arrow sign or nearest or only traffic arrows until the traffic arrows show a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow or no traffic arrow. (3) If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subsection (1) or (2), a reference to the stop line in subsection (1) (a) or (2) (a)— (a) in the case of the driver of a motor vehicle—is a reference to the first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights; or (b) in the case of the rider of a bicycle—is a reference to the stop line that is nearest to the intersection.