How easy it is to understand the gestures of the traffic controller in the traffic police and on the road

Understanding the actions of a traffic controller is a special problem. Any car enthusiast will tell you this. Do you want to thoroughly (and at the same time not bother too much) to study the signals and gestures of the traffic controller? Then keep reading this opus! Otherwise, skip this reading, because it will not help you anyway.

Many cadets of driving schools (and a lot of drivers) believe that the theme "Signals of the traffic controller":

• first, the most unnecessary;
• secondly, the most difficult one.

Let's take a look at the motivation behind these opinions.

The most unnecessary topic in traffic rules?

IMPORTANT! Let's make a remark! Rarely use STANDARD SIGNALS. Just non-standard (like - "You - here! You - stop! Uh, where are you? Ah, come on, back! And where are you going? !!") are understandable to everyone! But the standard ones - provided for in section 7 of the SDA - are really used - oh, how! - infrequently.

Why? There are many points of view, but they all boil down to two main ones:

• driver's;
• traffic police.

Drivers believe that traffic police officers do not use standard signals because they themselves do not know them. But the traffic police are convinced of the opposite: they do not use standard signals due to the fact that narrow-minded drivers (for the most part who have bought rights) simply do not understand them.

It seems that the truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle: both "carriers" and traffic controllers feel rather insecure under the conditions of standard "rod" regulation. So we live, nodding at each other. Outrageous! And ... funny!

The most difficult topic in traffic rules?

With regards to the particular complexity of this topic (among other topics of traffic rules), we will allow ourselves to fundamentally disagree with this position. The declared "complexity" of this topic is due to two points:

• the unwillingness of the driving school cadet (or already the driver) to thoroughly deal with the problem of the traffic controller signals;
• the frank inability of driving school instructors to teach this topic at the required applied level.

But the reason for this reluctance and indicated inability lies in the extremely low degree of applicability of the traffic controller's signals both in the final examination module (theoretical exam in the traffic police), and in real traffic practice.

Let's try to fix the existing - egregious - state of affairs. Let's make this topic - the gestures and signals of the traffic controller - normal, normally digestible.

The road will be mastered, as you know, walking. Forward!

Understanding: traffic controller in pictures with comments

Standard and non-standard signals

Immediately it is necessary to make a reservation (let us repeat ourselves!): Everything - what is possible! - traffic signals can be divided into two main groups: standard and non-standard.

Standard signals are signals that are specifically and clearly regulated in the 7th section of the RF SDA. They characterize the position of the traffic controller himself, the position of his hands and, most importantly, the permitted actions of the drivers.

But non-standard signals, or designated in the traffic rules as “others”, are other signals that also regulate traffic, but very clearly and as clearly as possible for all participants (“you go there!”, “You go here!”, Etc.). etc.).

It is impossible to confuse such groups of signals, and this question is very fundamental. Let's start with standard signals, of which there are three in total. Not so much, you must agree!

Standard signal: the right hand of the traffic controller with the baton is raised up

Such a signal can be immediately noted as the simplest one. It means "STOP TO ALL!" and repeats the action of the yellow traffic light after the green one.

Yes, traffic is prohibited, but for those who are still at the intersection, traffic is allowed.

It is also allowed for those who cannot stop in front of an intersection without using emergency braking. Such drivers can also proceed in the given directions. (And this point should be especially clearly defended in the face of a presumptuous traffic cop who stopped you for allegedly violated the rules).

But all the rest under such a signal should stop and wait for a permitting signal for movement.

As a rule, such a signal from the traffic controller is transformed into an audible signal issued by a whistle to attract attention. And the hand following it, raised upwards, means the cessation of movement.

Agree, everything is extremely simple. And the driver's method of actions is also not complicated: he heard a whistle - he saw a hand with a baton raised up - he stopped (or continued moving if you cannot stop).

Two more standard signals to enable movement

While the first standard signal is not so difficult, the remaining two will require a little more attention.

The second signal - the traffic controller's arms are spread apart in different directions parallel to the ground and along the body line (or lowered along the body).

The third signal - the right hand of the traffic controller with the baton is extended forward and is parallel to the ground.

What method of memorizing the principles of action of these two signals can you suggest? To be honest, there are a large number of such methods, but they all suffer from one significant drawback - the lack of consistency and unity.

So, for example, there is such a rule - “ The chest and back are a wall!". In other words, you cannot move from the back and chest of the traffic controller.

BUT! This rule applies only to the second signal and does not work for the third.

Or the rule " Don't break the corner!"Should be attributed exclusively to the third signal, but not to the second.

Yes, and as you can see from the figure, this rule applies only to one of the directions.

Let's try to correct this state of affairs and issue the most systematized and applicable to both cases methodology for memorizing the standard signals of the traffic controller.

Learning to "understand" the traffic controller's gestures from the traffic rules - is it possible to have a single "cheat sheet" for the driver?

So, for these two signals that allow movement, a single "cheat sheet" is needed. Let's say right away: this technique is possible. Minimum imagination and maximum clarity! After all, the hands of the traffic controller himself will help us.

They will allow us to give an answer to two fundamental questions:

• where (from which directions) to exit to the intersection;
• where (in what directions) can you go under such a signal from a traffic controller?

Let's go to the "invitation"

Let's answer the first question - "where?". From what directions can you enter the intersection with any standard permission signal from the traffic controller?

The main thing to remember is that the traffic controller has two hands, and with any of the two signals, he allows exit only from two directions. How to determine these very directions?

It's very simple: let's mentally "raise" the traffic controller's hands (if they are not already raised)!

Let's imagine this phenomenon, for example, like this (funny, of course ????!).

No matter how ridiculous it may seem, if you learn to quickly virtually (mentally imagining it) "raise" the traffic controller's hands, you can thus make it easier for yourself to understand the permitted directions of movement.

A somewhat strange solution. But very effective! If you "raise" the traffic controller's hands (make your unraised arms parallel to the ground), then a lot will become clear for the driver: the traffic controller's arms extended to the sides will indicate 2 directions from where you can enter the intersection!

It's simple: the traffic controller himself will indicate the directions FROM WHERE you can go! And half of the problem, in principle, disappears. All drivers, to whom the traffic controller's hand points (raised or raised), have the right to advance in certain directions. In which? The following points are about this.

Hands outstretched in both directions (or down): where to go?

I remember that we were talking about a single methodology. Let's continue implementing it! And, first of all, let us pay attention to the outstretched arms (or "lift them up"). Yes, they indicate directions from which any driver can move. But WHERE, in what directions?

And here the outstretched or "raised" arms will again help us: with the line of his arms and body, the regulator seems to say: "Guys, you can't cross me!"

Therefore, movement to the left and right of him (that is, from the side of the arms) is allowed only straight and to the right.

But it is important to remember to comply with the rules for the location of vehicles on the lanes.

So, movement to the right from the second lane is prohibited, according to the rules of maneuvering.

If the driver wants to go to the left or to a U-turn, he must stop and wait for the corresponding - permitting - signal from the traffic controller.

The right hand with the baton is stretched out by the traffic controller in front of him: where to go?

And the last standard signal. Let's apply our principle again - let's "lift" the left (lowered along the body) hand of the traffic controller along the body line and parallel to the roadway. As we agreed earlier, the hands will point to the permitted directions for exiting the intersection. But where to go? It is a little more complicated here than with the previous case. But let's figure it out in no time!

1. Where to go from the side of the right hand?

With his two hands, the traffic controller forms a certain right angle and, as it were, says to those whom he points to with a rod: “Guys, I control you. Here is the corner within which you must go. "

Therefore, all drivers extending from the right hand side can turn right. Only to the right. And nowhere else.

And again - observing the lane-lane of traffic (after all, you can drive to the right mainly from the extreme right position!).

2. Where to go from the left - "raised" - hand?

And here it is simple - you can go in any direction. Where is the logic? And it is: the traffic controller controls the drivers, whom he points to with a baton, and the "left" (those to his left) does not interest him at all. It focuses on the other direction, so the "left" can go in all directions - straight ahead, left, right, turn.

And again - observing the lane (or lane) of the movement.

As you can see in the figure, you can move from the left hand of the traffic controller in any direction, but having previously taken the correct position (or "correct" lanes) on the roadway - in accordance with section 8 of the SDA.

Raised Hands: Another Important Principle

An additional bonus, or a small plus, of our method - raised (or "raised") hands - this is another indicator. Two hands of the traffic controller are pointing - where and where can trams go!

Only from the direction of one hand and only to the direction of the other hand! This is a well-known principle - “ the tram moves from one arm of the regulator - into his other arm". And more - ANYWHERE!

Regulation priority

VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT! Many drivers believe that traffic signals override the actions of other traffic control devices such as signs, markings and traffic lights. This is not entirely true.

Standard (exactly standard!) Signals of the traffic controller cancel the requirements of only those means of regulation with which they come into conflict. And these are traffic lights and priority signs, because they (like the traffic controller) indicate the advantage of traffic or its absence. Here the signals of the traffic controller almost always conflict with them. And you always need to follow the signals of the traffic controller.

But standard signals, as a rule, do not conflict with markings and other road signs. Consequently, both the lane markings and such signs continue to regulate traffic, correlating their requirements with the signals of the traffic controller.

Other ("non-standard") signals

Other signals are non-standard, non-formalized, target designation not provided for in section 7 of the SDA. It seems that there is no need to focus on this issue.

Everything here is as simple as possible: what the regulator indicates, then it is necessary to implement! And these signals are already canceling all other means of regulation - traffic lights, all signs and markings.

The traffic controller demands to drive under the "brick" - let's go! Demands to stop under a sign prohibiting stopping - we stop!

Nothing complicated. The driver is obliged to strictly follow all his instructions.

The verse about the traffic controller (memo) "If the stick looks ..."

Many cadets of driving schools note that the following poem about a traffic controller (memo) helps them to navigate a lot:

If the stick is facing your mouth, make a right turn.
If the stick is pointing to the right, you have no right to drive.
If the stick looks to the left, you are the queen on the road.
Chest and back wall for the driver.

Summarize

Despite the lengthy reasoning, the problem of traffic signals is not so fatal. It is important to remember that raised hands technique works exclusively in relation to standard signals given by the regulator.

And, if you clearly understand this principle, then the traffic controller will cease to be some kind of serious, incomprehensible and unsolvable task. After all, "raised" hands will tell drivers:

• from which directions you can go to the intersection;
• in which directions to move at the intersection;
• where and where the tram is coming from.

The actions of drivers if the traffic is directed by a traffic controller, video lesson:

The traffic controller's signals are easy and simple to remember:

Good luck on the road!

P.S .: We deliberately did not touch the movement of pedestrians under the signals of the traffic controller. This was done due to the incredibly low significance of such a problem for the driver in the context of the topic. It is advisable to consider this aspect in more detail when studying section 13 of the traffic rules, concerning the passage of intersections (in particular, regulated ones).

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