This weekend I did a lot of miles on a motorbike. As a
motorcyclist it's good practice to leave your headlight on at all times. It
makes you more visible, and hopefully less likely to get run down. Most modern
motorcycles don't even let you turn the headlight off. I can't understand why
but quite a number of motorcyclists have decided to ride around with the
high-beam on all the time. All this achieves is to dazzle and annoy the other
road users. As a motorcyclist who would rather not get run down by a car I try
to discourage any behaviour which predisposes car drivers against
motorcyclists.
"You've got your high-beam on and it's annoying for
everyone else on the road" is a difficult message to mime in a few
seconds, but I have a special sort of wave which conveys the main sentiment.
Start with your forearm horizontal and your palm upwards. Make a very loose fist - as though grasping
something about the diameter of a broom handle. Now, while keeping the forearm
still, vigorously waggle the fist left and right - the movement should all come from the wrist.
Richard "lots of them wave back" B
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