Thanking Drivers
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It would because it would reinforce the idea that "he" had a choice whether or not to and that basic driving competence deserves grovelling from other users. I'll thank ones who go beyond the law but I'm not sure how they do that at a mandatory crossing.
This whole discussion is farked up. We should be discussing how to get more of the lethal scofflaws punished, not whether to bow and scrape to those who do the minimum.
You suggested that if a driver were to thank me for waiting at the kerb, it would constitute a 'reward' for 'good manners', so why is it not a 'reward' for a driver to be thanked for stopping at a crossing?
Glow worm
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I saw that tweet and my favourite reply was this....
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
winjim
Smash the cistern
Yeah, Hannah's cool as. You should all follow Hannah.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
I wave - ok a very small wave - as a sort of thank you
I also thank bus drivers when I get of in spite of the fact that it is literally their job to stop if I want to get off
I also thank people who wait for me to pass when they side of the road is obstructed by e.g. parked cars - even though they are supposed to wait
When I was a teacher I once had a pupil who got me a thank you present after she passed he exams
only once though - in about 15 years
If a teacher wants present they have to be a class teacher in Primary - Secondary pupils don;t give gifts
apparently
Anyway - saying thank you costs nothing
Oh - just remembered - when you get one of those traffic calming things on the road where one direction has right of way (they are often either side of a village with residents on the Council) if a car stops to wait when I am approaching , then I wave "thank you" even though it is my right of way.
Maybe I was brain washed as a kid
I also thank bus drivers when I get of in spite of the fact that it is literally their job to stop if I want to get off
I also thank people who wait for me to pass when they side of the road is obstructed by e.g. parked cars - even though they are supposed to wait
When I was a teacher I once had a pupil who got me a thank you present after she passed he exams
only once though - in about 15 years
If a teacher wants present they have to be a class teacher in Primary - Secondary pupils don;t give gifts
apparently
Anyway - saying thank you costs nothing
Oh - just remembered - when you get one of those traffic calming things on the road where one direction has right of way (they are often either side of a village with residents on the Council) if a car stops to wait when I am approaching , then I wave "thank you" even though it is my right of way.
Maybe I was brain washed as a kid
Punkawallah
Über Member
Giving recognition to someone doing the right thing gets a ‘thumbs up’ from me. Carrot & stick and all that.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
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- South Tyneside
Me too. Removed the bit about teaching, because, I wasn't a teacher
+1
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
I want drivers to feel good about doing the right thing. Then they’ll do it again. Does it make the driver think they don’t have to do it? I don’t know. But I want to recognise good behaviours when I’m the vulnerable user. I want the narrative to be “I stopped for this cyclist” (say in passing place in single track) and “They thanked me as they passed. Such a nice polite person”. Then when they have a mate who rants about bloody cyclists there will be one more driver who says “Hang on minute, that’s not true..,”
Zebra crossings when on foot. Not so much.
Zebra crossings when on foot. Not so much.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I'm pretty sure that using a public road is a social activity so I try to keep it as friendly as possible and keep the road as far away from being a hostile environment as I can. So I'll acknowledge drivers who stop at zebras to let me cross and, when driving, I'll thank drivers for waiting at passing places. I particularly like flashing buses to let them out because the drivers usually hit their hazards by way of thanks or give a thumbs up out of the cab window. This is a bit like the road equivalent of liking others' posts or enjoying the likes I get.
Deleted User
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Are you people for real?
Who gives a s**t, wave, don't wave, flash your ar*e at them if it makes you feel better!
Twitter has a lot to answer for if petty cr*p like this is important to you.
Who gives a s**t, wave, don't wave, flash your ar*e at them if it makes you feel better!
Twitter has a lot to answer for if petty cr*p like this is important to you.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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Important enough for you to make an irrelevant comment though….
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Trying to address the balance that's all.
