Do you wave to neighbors, passing cars?

[zoomzoom]

I do. Only one neighbor in sight. I do wave to passing cars.
We don't get much traffic so most every vehicle is a "neighbor" that lives within a mile or two.

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Of course.
And on the two lane country backroads we wave at the occasional oncoming vehicle.

 

[Amish Heart]

Yep, always. Some of the younger folk also like to use the hang five finger sign.

 

[dademoss]

Only like 12 houses in the neighborhood, we wave . It used to be a Jeep thing,, smart car people always waved, (we could die at any moment) . Subaru people seem to have their head stuffed into another orifice.

Not only do we wave, but if something is off we will actually knock on the neighbors door to check.

 

[Morgan101]

50-50 for me. Sometimes I wave, sometimes I don't. If it is a car or driver I recognize, I wave.

 

[Supervisor42]

I only wave at ones that wave at me first.
If you wave at somebody and they don't wave back, it ruins your mood.

 

[zoomzoom]

I only wave at ones that wave at me first.
If you wave at somebody and they don't wave back, it ruins your mood.

With all the tinted windows nowadays, hard to tell if they wave. A horn beep tells me they're waving. Oh, and it doesn't ruin my mood either way.

 

[Peanut]

I usually do, like others i live in a rural area. Born here so I know everyone for miles. Heck, related to half of them...

 

[Bacpacker]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Too much traffic to get them all. But some areas I will most all of them

 

[TexasCharm]

One hand at 12:00 on the wheel, fingers up every time we pass a car..

 

[Haertig]

When driving in low traffic volume, leisurely speed residential areas - yes. When driving on the interstate - no (except if someone just backed off the accelerator a bit to let me merge in or change lanes - I do wave "thank you" in that case).

 

[Neb]

I smile and nod at cars passing in my neighborhood. Most wave back.

Ben

 

[Jen]

I do. Only one neighbor in sight. I do wave to passing cars.
We don't get much traffic so most every vehicle is a "neighbor" that lives within a mile or two.

Kind of depends on where I am. In our neighborhood, yes.

 

[Pearl]

When I first moved out here, 35 years ago, there were very few people! Everyone waved! Now, hardly, the city folk are taking over! We had RED CLAY ROADS back then, not cool, but city folk didn't like them!

 

[CrocDundee]

Here in Oz...it's pretty much mandatory!

 

[Homesteader33]

i wave at passing cars and when driving at cars i pass until i get out of our territory closes to the cities where people get more rude!

 

[Patchouli]

When I first moved out here, 35 years ago, there were very few people! Everyone waved! Now, hardly, the city folk are taking over! We had RED CLAY ROADS back then, not cool, but city folk didn't like them!

Yeah, now it seems like people don't wave anymore. I've been in TX for 15 years of so and it used to be a THING. This is the #1 state people are moving to.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Not in my neighbor hood, it will get you shot.

 

[bkt]

50-50 for me. Sometimes I wave, sometimes I don't. If it is a car or driver I recognize, I wave.

Same for me.

 

[OldSchool]

I live in friendly city-dweller neighborhood, but not everyone waves as a rule. I usually wave, though, when I see a neighbor face to face in their yards or walking by. I even wave to strangers walking by. Passing cars - if I recognize them.

 

[Frodo]

Ha !!!
Man does this bring back a memory !!
We installed the hvac and plumbing back in '89 on Alcon State Football stadium
On my drive home every t evening I passed a house with an old man sitting on the porch . Every day we exchanged waves this happened every day for almost a year
One day I waved and the old man did not return my wave I said Huh? Wonder what's wrong with him today
My ride buddy laughed and said
He is mad at you, you were talking yesterday and did not speak to him

 

[backlash]

On the train to the Grand Canyon there are 2 different houses where the people stand outside and wave as the train passes.
The do it going both ways every day.
I do wave at my neighbors.

 

[montanabill]

Here in semi rural montana a lot of waves go on. I tend to wave or raise a few fingers off the steering wheel.. The older I get the more I wave since my vision is getting a little fuzzy so I just wave at anybody... I also make a point to go to any yard sales in my general area to talk to people.

 

[havasu]

I live on a cul-de-sac with 10 other houses, and I wave to all cars coming and going.

 

[Tirediron]

It is an automatic response, until I get a ways from home

 

[Patchouli]

I think it’s a good conditioning as a warning to the locals that if they don’t wave back they might not be friendly or have good intentions.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Always. Unless the vehicle is from out of our county or from out of state.

 

[old tex]

I generally wave or nod. When I'm out with a puppy it's surprising how many people stop to say Hi (and see the puppy).

 

[Tacitus]

One hand at 12:00 on the wheel, fingers up every time we pass a car..

Yep: 12:00, and two fingers up for every car in our neighborhood, whether I know them or not. Maybe especially if I don't know them...I want strangers to think, "That guy noticed me." If they are up to no good, I want them to move on to the next neighborhood over.

 

[Weedygarden]

Not in my neighbor hood, it will get you shot.

I don’t know how the area is laid out there. Here, there is a clear line for being in Bloods or Crips territory. The Holly by Julian Rubinstein tells about gangs around here. If you wear red in Crips territory, that could get you shot. When I taught in the inner city, in Crips territory, we were advised that wearing either blue or red could get you shot. Head custodian advised her sweeper boys to wear pink but definitely not red or blue.

I tend to speak to all people that I pass, but I don’t wave. I pass too many cars to wave.

In South Dakota most people speak or wave to others or they did when I was a kid. That could have changed.