Polite Driving

I signal thank you to most drivers, whether the obstruction is my side or theirs . It drives me nuts when drivers ignore you and sail through .

Mopsie, you are driving to standard driving guidance ie obstruction on other side of road and your side is clear you should be able to proceed. Note the "should be ". Some drivers think they own all the road.

I find it petty. Courtesy on the road is diminishing. Surely, we don't need to add to it. Signal with a smile!

Sarnia

I find it petty. Courtesy on the road is diminishing. Surely, we don't need to add to it. Signal with a smile!

That’s my attitude, plus having lived in my area for 33 years I’m likely to encounter someone I know .

Just wave. It won't kill you.

I wave a thank you to drivers that let me out, I wave to drivers I let out.

I thank drivers in car parks, I thank drivers who wait if I am reverse parking into a space on a road (parallel parking).

It doesn’t take any of my time, it’s just being polite 🤷‍♀️

I always wave to drivers who stop to let me cross on a zebra crossing. It costs nothings and oils the wheels of civilisation.

I wave and nod to all and sundry - manners cost nowt. I’ve been waved at today and had a thumbs up from a chap driving exactly the same car as mine (a limited edition, style and colour, so not many around). On the school run, 30 odd years ago, DD1 actually thought I knew all those I waved to or who waved to me!

Aveline

I always wave to drivers who stop to let me cross on a zebra crossing. It costs nothings and oils the wheels of civilisation.

Thank you, as a driver I can assure you it is appreciated.

I always wave and smile at those I have stopped who then cross the crossing, and I always smile and thank the drivers who,stop for me when I am a pedestrian on a crossing 😺👋

Georgesgran

I wave and nod to all and sundry - manners cost nowt. I’ve been waved at today and had a thumbs up from a chap driving exactly the same car as mine (a limited edition, style and colour, so not many around). On the school run, 30 odd years ago, DD1 actually thought I knew all those I waved to or who waved to me!

My DS who was about 3 once said mummy you know a lot of people . We lived in South London where lots of the roads have cars parked both sides . So a lot of giving way to other vehicles.

Aveline

I always wave to drivers who stop to let me cross on a zebra crossing. It costs nothings and oils the wheels of civilisation.

I’ve loved it when sometimes over the years young children have acknowledged me when I stop for them at crossings. Usually cheeky little boys who light up my life when they do it. Going off at a tangent but a young girl walked past me last week and said ‘ I like your hat’. So I told her I’d inherited it from my son who had worn it at Disneyland as a child and it was well travelled. It made my day because I often chat with adults on my walks but not usually children ( she was with her family). I’m debating whether to let my son take it to Disneyland when he takes his children there at half term but I’m so worried that they’ll lose it. Some things, like driving, are so impersonal so it’s nice to connect with people. My partner who, as a rep has done a lot of driving over the years, says thank you out loud if someone raises their hand to him.

Do you by any chance live, or drive in Leigh on Sea.
Drivers there are past masters at ignorant driving.

Petra the ignorant drivers in my area are the yummy mummies in their SUVs and 4x4s . They think they own the road and never thank you if you give way or let them out at a junction .

I think the parking on roads, with wobbly lines for a free for all up the middle, is one of the biggest changes I am noticing after our 20 years in France.

I always say thank you to everyone, I also say Good Morning/Afternoon if I pass someone on our street/in the park. It’s how I was bought up. Just because someone else is rude doesn’t mean you have to lower yourself to their level. Also you don’t know what’s going on in their life, everyone has their story.

I’ll acknowledge other drivers in those situations. It costs nothing and models decent behaviour. Even if the other driver doesn’t acknowledge you, it might give them pause for thought.

Everybody waves to say thank you here, , we’re a courteous lot. We even flash, stop and tell other drivers when the hedges have been cut and there are thorns on the road, or if a road is closed ahead. It costs nothing, and makes everybody happier.

I take it a bit far as sometimes I find myself waving to thank another driver when I'm actually a passenger... it becomes a reflex.

Tenko

Petra the ignorant drivers in my area are the yummy mummies in their SUVs and 4x4s . They think they own the road and never thank you if you give way or let them out at a junction .

In Leigh on sea drivers believe they have the right of way coming out of a turning.

petra

Tenko

Petra the ignorant drivers in my area are the yummy mummies in their SUVs and 4x4s . They think they own the road and never thank you if you give way or let them out at a junction .

In Leigh on sea drivers believe they have the right of way coming out of a turning.

Are they French? Is it priorité a droite or priorité a gauche?
😂😂😂

petra

Do you by any chance live, or drive in Leigh on Sea.
Drivers there are past masters at ignorant driving.

I must admit that I find it rather challenging driving down that main road!

Parking is always an adventure 🙀

In Leigh on Sea there are many entitled folk! (And many who are not!) haha

Parking is a nightmare!

We are both long term drivers and both hold Advance Driver qualifications. The standard of driving is appalling these days and very few drivers have manners, courtesy or even basic common sense!
We live on a small estate at the bottom of a longish hill and will always give way to vehicles coming UP the hill even if any obstruction is on their side…..that’s how we were taught……but if we are driving up the hill we can guarantee that no one gives way to us!