A Friendly Wave

Mr OrangeTree

It may be my imagination, or my age related increase in grumpiness, but has the friendly wave to passing motorhomes stopped?

Waving to yourself, as I have been for most of this year, is arguable a sanity questioning thing, but I am not noticing a response rate that is very high at all!

It's not a biggie, of course.  It's just that it has felt different this year. 

huskydog

I always wave , but no doubt there will be someone along to say it's dangerous and you should be concentrating on the road 

Tinwheeler

Husky, you took the words right out of my mouth. Thanks for that.

Has the waving stopped? I sincerely hope so.👍🏻

 

Apperley

Why can't we wave at each other? It's a basic human reaction and nice and friendly in a world that needs a dose of friendliness.

Safety? In our MH it's the passenger who has waving duties.

Tinwheeler

You can do exactly as you like, Appers.👍🏻

JVB66

With the proliferation of motor caravans , it could lead to RSI 

huskydog

And Motorhomes as well

Tinwheeler

We could all end up waving to this fellow. I’ve not seen him on site yet… or have I?😃

MichaelT

I always wave if I am not on my mobile, drinking, eating or having a fag 

EasyT

Being simple minded it used to amuse me when driving solo to flash my lights and wave to the occasional car travelling in the other direction with more than one occupant, Almost invariably they waved back. I could imagine the passenger saying to the driver 'who was that?' 'No idea'! 

JVB66

I just quote the V5 definition ,to keep it official 

GEandGJE

Please excuse my ignorance but if a Motorhome can be referred to as a Motor Caravan can I called a caravan a non-motorised Motorhome.

If there’s an emoji for Tongue firmly in Cheek I would put it here.   

Cornersteady

I miss the old traditions, the AA man who used to salute for one. 

Tinwheeler

Fortunately, I wasn’t there at the time.😀

Tinwheeler

Here’s one.

JVB66

And  now with the latest "update"the lack of washing machine has been added to the complaint

JVB66

Or as most seem to be "static"when set up on sites i think motor caravans are more akin to motorised caravans

cyberyacht

My OH wonders why the Tesco delivery van doesn't reciprocate when she waves.

Navigateur

 . . . or NOT salute, which was what we were all looking out for in those days.

Cornersteady

is she a fellow Tesco driver?

cyberyacht

 No.

hitchglitch

There are so many motorhomes on the road now that one manufacturer has produced a “dummy waver”. A sort of automated hand mounted on the passenger side of the windscreen that can recognise another motorhome and activate a “wave”. It runs on 4 AA batteries.

cyberyacht

Does it wave at Tesco vans?

KeithandMargaret

 ........and I've waved at Carrefour vans and a few Horse boxes.

Better safe than sorry for the first wave, and acknowledgement, of the day.

 

BlueVanMan

One of my favourite pranks is to try to induce my wife to wave at Tesco Vans (other brands are available) also prison vans. She is getting wise to it now though. 

We rather think that Hymers don't wave since we got  our "humble" van conversion (we used to have a Hymer) but probably waving is less common, perhaps a tradition that is dying out with the older  Motor-Caravanners.

Oh and Motor-Caravan is both cumbersome and perhaps a bit misleading but it is a legal definition so in anything official we are stuck with it.

I much prefer "camping car" which is what they are called in French. 

 

 

young thomas

yes, we are 'Campingcaristes' when in France but we do refer to our MH as 'the van'....certainly not 'motor caravan' despite the V5C definition.

i do wave from time to time, some respond, some don't....perhaps they don't like us..

Takethedogalong

There’s definitely a distinct camaraderie amongst the AS monocoque owning fraternity. Rare not to get some sort of acknowledgement if it’s safe to do so. The discreet finger lift, the reciprocal smiles, the cheery wave, the enthusiastic double seat bounce both hands wafting passenger. You become good friends if you park up next to one! 😁 A full look around is required, then asking about who did the upholstery re-cover........😂

SteveL

Similar, perhaps because we had a caravan but to us it is the van. Not Motorhome or Motor Caravan. 

I wave if I remember. To start with I wondered why everyone was waving at me.😂

MalcMc

We wave and makes us feel warm, no harm being done, just a polite nod to fellows on the road, oh and my OH has waved at the Sainsburys man, funny no wave back, just a red face sitting next to me !!!

Rocky 2 buckets

I found this HG, take it. . .It’s yours👍🏻-

HOTORMOMER

In answer to Mr.Orange Tree's concern over the lack of friendly waving between motorhomers, I must say that I haven't noticed less response to my wave only a different response. Instead of a reciprocal wave with an open handed, side-side movement, there now appears to be a new 'fashion' of a two or one fingered sign. Well....call me naive if you like, and I have led a sheltered life, I can't think for the life of me just what this new signage fashion means. As I always like to be friendly to my fellow motorhomers - in a kindred spirit way, after all you never know when you'll need to borrow a hose or a tin opener, perhaps I should be adopting this new fashion just to see how it's received. Has this happened to others and what do they think?