Do Port and Starboard apply on the road?

[Welsh wheels]

I saw a cyclist last night wearing led wrist bands. One was red, the other green.

Why?

The only thing I could think of is that he was using the maritime scheme to signal port and starboard.

He had them arranged correctly, red on the left, green on the right.

Umm no. Unless he yelled "Hard a starboard" or "Hard a port" before turning, in which case accept my apologies.

 

[QFour]

We live in a University Town with a very large Chinese / Milayian population if you could teach them left and right and port and starboard it would certainly help on the tow paths and cycle tracks. Some of them don't have a clue.

 

[petek]

Port Out
Starboard Home
=
POSH

 

[jefmcg]

Port Out
Starboard Home
=
POSH

Classic backronym.

 

[MontyVeda]

and what colours do they use?

...

they don't, so far as I'm aware.

 

[screenman]

The arm bands could mean he has stayed in a couple off all inclusives whilst on holiday.

 

[Pale Rider]

Port Out
Starboard Home
=
POSH

The origin of the word posh baffles etymologists.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-posh

 

[classic33]

and what colours do they use?

they don't, so far as I'm aware.

Red on the left-hand(Port) side.
http://alphadrive.org/motorway-reflective-studs-cats-eyes.html

 

[MontyVeda]

Red on the left-hand(Port) side.
http://alphadrive.org/motorway-reflective-studs-cats-eyes.html

i thought we were talking about vehicles.

 

[Dan B]

Don't know about Starboard but a flask of emergency port is OK I suppose.

Do you have a preference, or is any port ok in a storm?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It is so when thet turn right the light is always on green.

 

[Johnno260]

It could have been @Johnno260, he said he'd got some of those. He might be able to explain.

haha I haven't had a chance to ride this week but I do use these, and I also use them as per maritime colour scheme.

And it was in the hope to make it obvious I was signalling left or right.

Also it's just more light on dark evenings.

 

[Threevok]

Saw a post yesterday on FB for indicators that fixed into your bar ends.

Totally useless though, from the front if you have drop bars, and from the rear if you have riser bars.

If you are the type of rider who positions themselves correctly coming up to a junction - chances are, the light blinking will be obscured by your body anyway.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Some helmets and backpacks/saddle bags have indicators built into them controlled by a doodad on the handlebars. There can be expensive, but there’s a cheap set on Groupon from a Spanish company.

 

[Sixmile]

Probably not.

It's near-side and off-side.

That to me is like subjective and objective. I can never remember which one is which.