Why do you hate America?Originally Posted by davereo .
If getting a response when waving is important to you one way to insure you always get a response is to. Drift out to the center of the road and look the approaching cyclist right in the eye and lift your hand upward showing the back of your hand and raise your center finger. /img/vbsmilies/smilies/ROTF.gif
I was once concerned about someone waving at me. It was the old lady who had run me down and dragged me because she felt it was important for her van to be in the bike lane. As I laid on the ground, she was waving about with her hands, and I was concerned she'd have a stroke and die before she would pay for my new bike and for the surgery that followed the accident.
Another time I was concerned by a cyclist who didn't return my salutation. Of course, he was the cyclist who rear ended my bike as I sat stopped at a light. I turned and said, "How's it going?" thinking he might offer a bit of contrition. Alas, he didn't respond and instead pretended I wasn't there.
Starting tomorrow though, I'm going to make the responses of cyclists to my salutations, be they shouts of glee and greeting or waves, be what defines whether I had a good ride or not. In fact, if they don't respond to my efforts, I'm going to immediately return home and whine on an internet forum about cyclists who don't wave.