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From: [email protected] (Michael Beavington)
Subject: Re: Good Reasons to Wave at each other
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Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: BNR Ottawa, DMS Software Design
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Norman Hamer) writes:
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|> One of those "morning, just getting the coffee in me" thoughts:
|>
|> Waving at other bikers makes more sense than just "Hey, how's it going,
|> nice to meet you on the road, have a good ride"
|>
|> 1) If you're watching for other bikes to wave to, it means your attention
|> is on the road, where it should be, and you're more likely to see cages.
|>
|> 2) It keeps you in the habit of watching really carefully for bikes when
|> you're IN a cage. This is a Good Thing.
The down side is that when I'm in my cage, I have on numerous occasions
slammed my hand into the rolled up window in an effort to wave at
a passing biker. Ow.
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