Be happy wave back

magnet
magnet Forum Participant Posts: 157
edited March 2017 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

hi folks my wife and i have not been caravanning long, we really enjoy it. when i was a lad back in the seventies i went with my friends family on a caravan holiday in Norfolk, i did notice back then that if you passed another caravan you all waved to each other, my wife and l do this as we travel along but we don't get many returned waves , so please folks lets be happy again and wave when some one waves at you it make the journey so much better . be happy wave and smile

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  • redface
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    edited March 2017 #2

    Sorry Magnet, but I prefer for safety reasons to keep both hands on the steering wheel and see so many units going the other way now (as opposed to in the 70s) that I would get muscle ache as a result.

    Smile I can do, but will you see it?

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2017 #3

    Why has a 5 year old thread been resurrected?

    This site suddenly flipped back to an ancient page and this thread seems to have been brought to the fore because RF responded to the old OP. 

    Maybe the thread would be better locked? 

     

     

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2017 #4

    Ah, the old waving debate !surprisedwinkcool

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2017 #5

    Don't go there, pleeeease.frown

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2017 #6

    So, if people say they keep both hands on the steering wheel ,how do they change gear,turn the radio up ,turn headlights on ,or pick their nose ??wink

    it would be interesting to know how many accidents are caused by people waving surprised

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2017 #7

    No, it would not be interesting.

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2017 #8

    It would be to those waving ,to see if they were causing accidents..

  • compass362
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    edited March 2017 #9

    👋 Hello.......Say good bye 🙋

  • williamscott
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    edited March 2017 #10

    That would be against your safety? Then I do not recommend it. Be safe. 

  • Goldie146
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    edited March 2017 #11

    It's not taking your hand of the wheel to wave that's the problem - it's looking around to see if some one is waving to you.

  • KeithandMargaret
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    edited March 2017 #12

    I blame the AA for starting this 'waving' malarkey 110 years ago.

    Are there are posts referring to the salute on here from that era - or just this long forgotten thread?

     

  • Metheven
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    edited March 2017 #13

    Not enough hands to wave, got a drink in one and a sandwich in the other.

  • KeithandMargaret
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    edited March 2017 #14

    A few weeks ago a women driver coming the other way to me had a phone in one hand and a fag in the other - irresponsible and stupid drivers abound on our roads.

    Why is there never a Policeman/woman when you want one?

     

     

  • Pippah45
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    edited March 2017 #15

    I remember the days of waving but I am afraid it would be rather often these days - I would settle for a Happy Smile on site which seems to be too rare! 

  • Navigateur
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    edited March 2017 #16

    I remember the days when one did not wave - one stopped and had a conversation at the passing place. As a small child trying to explain the adult world to myself I though it was where one passed the time of day!

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