Motorists In The Wrong Find Ways To Make Things Right

I personally like the 'smack to the forehead' gesture.. The ASL 'sorry' sign is great, but I doubt most other drivers would see it at all.. or know what it meant.

Awhile back as I was pulling out of my driveway, I nearly hit this woman walking her dogs. I stopped, motioned and mouthed that I was sorry, but she just looked at me dumbfounded. Now, before this incident, I had always noticed her walking the dogs down our lane, but after this, I never saw her going by our house. One day while coming home I saw her and pulled up beside her and rolled down my window. I told her I was so sorry and that I just never saw her. She said she can't hear very well and never heard me. We laughed about making a terrible pair then because obviously I can't see and she can't hear. No hard feelings.

really, i just want to know what hand sign i should use for the azzhats that drive while texting and think a cute 'sorry, oopsie' gesture will make it ok after nearly killing me. i'd rather they pay my laundry bill after i crap my pants....lol

I was told by a friend from England that a long time ago the V was actually an insult.......the archers of days gone by would do that.....those were the fingers used to draw back the bow string and basically a 'I'm going to get you' gesture.........

Funny how one gesture can mean two very different things.........I put my hand to my chest and nod my head, always seems to work.

I read in a magazine once about a woman who knew she was a bad driver carried a ping-pong paddle that she painted white and wrote "SORRY!" in black letters on it. She kept it on the passenger seat beside her to hold up whenever she made an error. She said the sign turned quite a few angry expressions into chuckles and a wave from the wronged driver.

#1. the peace sign with your palm facing you means something diametrically different in the UK.

The peace sign means something entirely different (and not so nice) in many other countries and cultures. Because we live in a diverse society, I would stick to the hand to forehead gesture mentioned below.

The one finger peace sign is a required part of driving safely in California.

I want a sign on the top of my car, pre-programmed with a variety of messages like "sorry" "you dimwit" "cool car" and so on. It should rotate so you can aim it it the intended recipient, and print backward for the rear-view mirror of the car ahead of you. Running that wouldn't be a distraction, would it?

If I'm driving and make a mistake, I quick look around to make sure there's not a cop in sight.

Back in The Woodlands, Texas, I pulled onto a feeder road not realizing that an approaching but distant black SUV was going way over the speed limit. The dark haired, highly made-up female driver came flying up behind me after I was on the feeder road, then slammed on her brakes and drove 2 inches from my bumper screaming, honking and gesticulating wildly, even though she could've simply passed since there were three lanes and we were basically the only cars on the road. I waved and smiled. That was a mistake. She passed, got in front of me, then slammed on her brakes. She did this several times. When I tried to pass her, she pulled over into my lane almost running me off the road, then smiled and waved. This craziness went on for several minutes with my daughter in the car crying because she thought we were going to be killed in a car wreck. Moral here is that some drivers are just plain crazy, and it's not a good idea to wave and smile to them.

I think rather than worrying about some universal apologetic hand signal we all realize that sometimes while driving perfectly sane, intelligent, wonderful people, just like ourselves make mistakes and we all just get the heII over it and go about our business. At the most I will look chagrinned and shrug my shoulders and then get back to watching porn on my i-phone.

Wow at that last letter. I can't imagine too many people taking the time and effort to follow the driver until the driver stops so the person can get out and actually apologize face to face.

The only sign I've made at another driver was at an intersection where I had right of way and the cross traffic had stop signs. The other driver was convinced I should stop for her and held her hand up in a "wait" type of gesture. I held up 4 fingers and shook my head. It was really funny to watch her eyes search desperately for my non-existant stop sign. She immediately gave the hand up "sorry" gesture. Who knows, if she comes to that intersection again, I might have saved her life.

Yes, take BOTH your hands off the wheel to make a complicated hand gesture or actually smack yourself in the head (!), your eyes off the road to make eye-contact with someone, while you're both driving 55 mph!

I've seen more middle fingers than a manicurist.

Actually, nothing says "I'm sorry" like a handwritten note.
Imagine looking at treasured keepsakes with your grandchildren: "Oh! Here's the apology I got from the driver who rear-ended me at Walmart trying to get the space I was waiting for!"

The peace sign isn't that universal. If you're in England and hold you hand backwards while doing it, it's the same as our single finger symbol.

Remember riding with my friend's dad once and somebody honked at him and flipped him off. He waved back with a big smile and yelled "Hey, how ya doin?" like he misunderstood and thought the guy was greeting him (although what he muttered under his breath indicated that he knew very well what the other driver was trying to convey). I thought that was pretty hilarious - I imagine the other driver was even more PO'd that his angry gesture was "misunderstood".

If I do something stupid while driving and other drivers get offended, I just fake a heart attack and crash into a post. Who feels stupid now?