How do riders wave in England?

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I'm heading to England next week for a wedding and I was just thinking. Since road traffic is on the opposite side.. they would be required to wave with their right hand.. which is well.. the throttle hand.

I'm assuming throttle and brakes are situated on the same side as us North American's because their pedals in cars are oriented the same; even though they sit on the right side.

I would think waving with the throttle hand would be dangerous.. it's easier for us since our left hand is free unless we're clutching.

Those crazy backwards Brits!
 
I think the waving is a N. American thing, and not done world wide. I could be wrong, but I don't think they wave in the UK or the rest of Europe.
 
jay-d said:
I'm heading to England next week for a wedding and I was just thinking. Since road traffic is on the opposite side.. they would be required to wave with their right hand.. which is well.. the throttle hand.

I'm assuming throttle and brakes are situated on the same side as us North American's because their pedals in cars are oriented the same; even though they sit on the right side.

I would think waving with the throttle hand would be dangerous.. it's easier for us since our left hand is free unless we're clutching.

Those crazy backwards Brits!
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In my experience, they don't wave.

Hand signals used to be given by motorcyclists by using either hand - depending on the direction of turning. But for the last 40 years or so, turn signals (known there as "trafficators" at one time) on motorcycles have done away with the need for hand signals.

That said, on my last British visit I was loaned a vintage motorcycle without turn signals. I used the left hand to signal turns and since nearly all the road junctions have roundabouts, virtually all the turns were to the left.

AFJ
 
On the rare occasion someone waves, they usually use their foreskins to do it.
 
When looting and rioting and then trying to escape the law.....very little time for waving.
 
It's a kind of head nod/tilt thing ... from my experiences riding through the country.
 
I thought everyone in Europe waved the same way?? No?

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I was just thinking this lol
 
Last time I was there it was either a nod of the head or a lift of their pinky finger on the right hand. I spend most of my time in small towns in the west midlands though, could be different else where.
 
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