Originally Posted by
Maelochs
If you train drivers to expect waves, they might then get angry at cyclists who don't wave, and then be more apt to run them off the road.
You are spoiling things for everyone.
LMAO !!!!
Back to the OP: I not only live in "the country", I live in The South, where a certain genteel civility is a long-established part of the culture, so polite acknowledgement of another's existence is common, and almost expected.
So, I often wave, nod, or at least give a flick of a few fingers, especially when an oncoming car is going slow, or I can see the driver looking at me, and often, they're waving at me at the same time.
This is in sharp contrast to other areas of the planet, where I might expect yelled profanity or hurled beer bottles.