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Old 10-05-2006, 03:18 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by D to the iddy View Post
After reading the topic about the playground zones someone brought up the fact that 'thank-you' or courtesy waves are extinct. I'm not one to care too much about them (Although it does makes your day better when someone happens to give you one) but I thought I'd share this story in hoping to cheer some people up...

On the way to Fernie two weekends ago I was driving down highway 3 (I'm from Lethbridge now for school) and there was a trucker in front of me. There was a break in on-coming traffic so I decided to pass and he saw this and moved over as much as he could onto the shoulder. Once in front of him I had to think of a way of thanking him but being as it was night I couldn't give the normal wave so I gave him the courtesy four-way blinkers for a couple seconds. Miraculously in return he gave me the return courtesy high-beam flash!

It might have been my favourite driving moment I've ever had.

Hopefully people have faith in mankind again... and if that trucker ever reads this I hope he knows that it was an awesome show of gratitude cause he didn't even have to acknowledge me.
with tinted windows it hard to give the old wave after passing someone so I usually tap my brakes quickly twice once i'm a fair bit past. I usually find truckers give me a flash back.

I get so ****ed off when I let people in or whatever and they don't wave
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