On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Syl's Sydney Homestay wrote:
> A special wave was developed by some individual marques acknowledging each
> other's presence when passing. MG in particular - one finger off the wheel
> - ever so slightly.
>
> This undoubtdly helped bind the drivers of marque models together.
>
> Maybe this didn't happen so much in America? Could that be part of it?
>
> Paul
Here in rural Vermont, USA, drivers on country roads often wave in that
restrained way. When I lived in Chicago, Illinois, drivers also gave
each other a one-fingered wave, but that was different, more vigorous,
and I suspect the intention was different.
WRG
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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