who waves to whom?
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:29 pm
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Lourd Baltimore wrote:
Funny. To anyone paying attention, I'd pay close attention to Lourd Baltimore, not so close to me. I've got vivid memories of riders whizzing by me, kicking their right leg in greeting....but when I examined my aging memory more critically I remembered mainly times in France. I was genuinely puzzled at the time, and when I figured out that they were just saying hello maybe I constructed the rest. Although I'd almost swear I did see this in England too.... Getting old has its drawbacks. Mark> Maybe I'm in the wrong part of England, but I've never noticed the leg kick. > I haven't ridden across the Channel, but it may, as you say, be more popular on > the continent. > > The head nod is the usual form of acknowledgement between riders. The wave, not > so much for obvious reasons. > > [snip] > ________________________________ > From: markharf > > > The leg kick is common in Europe. Took me a while to figure out that it was a > form of communication, not an attempt to stretch stiff muscles. In England, > where driving is on the wrong side of the road (but hand controls are not) the > reason is obvious. Elsewhere it's used less often, but still offers an option > to wave at someone on your right. > >