Which hand and arm signal tells other drivers you are slowing or stopping?
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A.
Arm extended straight up
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B.
Arm extended down Correct
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C.
Arm extended out to the left
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D.
Arm kept inside the vehicle
The answer is "Arm extended down"
The slow-or-stop signal is the arm extended down out the driver's window. Drivers who memorize the three hand signals together sometimes bump the meaning onto arm-up, which is actually the right-turn signal.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Arm extended straight up
Arm straight up is the right-turn signal. This answer grabs a hand position from an adjacent rule when the three signals were memorized in one sitting.
C. Arm extended out to the left
Arm out to the left is the left-turn signal. This answer bumps the left-turn position onto the slow-or-stop meaning by memorizing all three positions as one lesson.
D. Arm kept inside the vehicle
A hand kept inside the car sends no signal at all. This answer assumes the driver's intent to slow counts as a signal without any visible arm position.
This question tests your knowledge of Turning in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Signaling," p.30..
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