Signals and pavement markingsQuestion 83 of 296

Your vehicle has no working signal lamps. How do you show a right turn with a hand signal?

  1. Put your left arm straight out
  2. Put your left arm out and bend it upward at the elbow
  3. Put your left arm out and bend it downward
  4. Put your right arm straight out
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Correct answer: Put your left arm out and bend it upward at the elbow

Hand signals are given with the left arm out of the vehicle. Bent up means right turn. Straight out means left turn. Bent down means stop or slow.

Source: Using the Road Regulations (N.S. Reg. 230/2026, in force 19 October 2026), Section 31, Signalling turns, stops and driving manoeuvres affecting other users, page 19

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026