Abbiegen und Handzeichen
You want to turn left at the junction ahead. What is the first thing you do?
Erklärung: Look, then signal, then move. Signalling before you have looked announces a manoeuvre you may have to abandon, and moving before you have looked is how cyclists are hit from behind.
You are about to turn left. Which arm do you put out?
Erklärung: The arm goes out on the side you are going to. It is the only indicator a bicycle has, so hold it long enough to be seen and bring it back before you start to steer.
You have looked back, signalled, and moved towards the middle of the road. What comes next, before you turn?
Erklärung: The law asks for the rearward look twice: once before you move across, once more before you actually turn. Traffic changes in the seconds between them.
You want to turn left at a wide, busy junction and you do not feel able to cross the moving traffic. What do you do?
Erklärung: That is the indirect left turn, and the law expressly allows a cyclist to cross from the right-hand edge. It is slower, it is far safer, and plenty of German cyclists turn that way all their lives.
You are turning left directly and have reached the middle of the road. A car is coming towards you. What do you do?
Erklärung: Turning left means letting oncoming traffic through first. Waiting in the middle is the normal, expected position; retreating across the lane you just crossed is the dangerous move.
You are turning right and someone steps off the kerb to cross the road you are turning into. What do you do?
Erklärung: Anyone crossing the road you turn into goes first, marked crossing or not. That is why the slowing down happens before the corner, not in it.
You are riding into a roundabout and will leave at the second exit. When do you signal?
Erklärung: Signalling on entry is forbidden, because it would tell drivers you are leaving at the first exit. Signal right as you pass the exit before yours.
One glance over the shoulder before a left turn is what the law asks for.
Erklärung: It asks for two: before moving across, and again before turning. The second one is the one that catches the car that has just started to overtake you.
Turning left by riding straight across, stopping at the far corner and starting again is a legitimate way for a cyclist to turn.
Erklärung: Expressly permitted. A cyclist may cross the road from the right-hand edge rather than moving out into the traffic first.
What is the order of a change of direction on a bicycle?
Hattest du es gewusst?
Antwort:
look back, signal, look back again, then move
Erklärung: Every turn, every lane change, every pull-out around a parked car.
Which arm signals a right turn?
Antwort:
the right arm
Erklärung: The arm always goes out on the side you are going to — there is nothing to reverse.
What is a "Schulterblick"?
Antwort:
a look back over the shoulder
Erklärung: Schulter is shoulder, Blick is a glance. It is the word your German friends will use when they explain a turn to you.
What is the German word for looking back over your shoulder before a turn?
Antwort:
Schulterblick
Erklärung: The reverse of the card you already have — different retrieval path, same fact.
What does the German verb "abbiegen" mean?
Antwort:
to turn off
Erklärung: Links abbiegen is to turn left; rechts abbiegen is to turn right.
How many rearward looks does the law require before a left turn?
Antwort:
two
Erklärung: One before moving across, one before turning.
What is an indirect left turn?
Hattest du es gewusst?
Antwort:
straight across, stop at the far corner, turn and restart
Erklärung: The slower and safer of the two permitted left turns; you never leave the right-hand edge of the road until you are stopped.
When do you signal at a roundabout?
Antwort:
only when leaving it
Erklärung: Signalling on entry is forbidden; it would read as "leaving at the first exit".
What is a "Schulterblick"?
Erklärung: Schulter is shoulder, Blick is look. A bicycle has no mirror that covers what is right behind you — the look does.
You are turning right into a side street and need both hands to brake just before the corner. What do you do with the signal?
Erklärung: The signal has to come in good time, not last through the corner. Show it early, then brake and steer with both hands.
Turning left by riding straight across, stopping at the far corner and starting again is called an ___ left turn. Which word fills the gap?
Antwort:
indirect
Erklärung: The indirect left turn is legal and often the safer choice at a wide, busy junction.
Riding into a roundabout, you signal left as you enter.
Erklärung: Never signal on the way in — it would read as leaving at the first exit. Signal right on the way out.
You are turning right and have signalled. A pedestrian crossing the road you turn into has to wait for you, because you signalled first.
Erklärung: Whoever turns gives way — to oncoming traffic when turning left, and to anyone crossing the road you turn into. Signalling announces the turn; it buys no priority.
Turning, you meet oncoming traffic or someone crossing the road you turn into. What must you do?
Antwort:
give way
Erklärung: The one who turns waits — that is why you slow down before the corner, not in it.