I agree. I like to wave my thanks and give thumbs up. I think the more the drivers see you as a person instead of an object on the road (a bike), the more respect and patience you will receive.
Toshi On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > The waving thing is very underrated. I do a lot of eye-and-hand > communicating with drivers to signal things like "gimme a minute, I gotta > jet past this row of parked cars before moving right", then give a little > wave of "thanks" afterward. I can't verify it, but I would swear the next > 5-10 cars behind me give more room after seeing the interaction with the > first one. Like, "Oh, he's a real person on the road out here with us, and > actually understands we want to get through this safely, too." I think car > drivers appreciate being politely educated on the situation the cyclist is > navigating. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
