Flashing fellow MG4ists, MG4ers…. I dunno 🤷🏻‍♂️

[tsedge]

In an MG!! You are looking down on all the peasants in an MG!!

At least we're not driving a French car! Sticking up for Britain with a traditional British make!....er....oh....hang on a minute.....it is made...where??

 

[Rolfe]

People don’t really do this, do they…?
Would they do this on the street?

“Look, we’re both wearing jeans! HIYA!!!!”

Good grief….

I don’t even nod at other motorcyclists, does shaking my head at Hardly Ableson riders count?

Killjoy. I used to salute other motorcyclists on a spinal reflex until I moved to England and hardly anyone waved back. Took half the joy out of it. I bought a Fiesta shortly afterwards.

 

[bowfer]

Killjoy. I used to salute other motorcyclists on a spinal reflex until I moved to England and hardly anyone waved back. Took half the joy out of it. I bought a Fiesta shortly afterwards.

You didn’t learn motorbike etiquette.
No one waves back to someone on a 125cc bike, they haven’t earned the right to nod at anyone.
I’m actually deadly serious, a 125 rider nodding at others is viewed as a cheeky little tw….

 

[Ferretusmaximus]

Showing my age probably, but there used to be special recognition sign between drivers of MGs in the days of classic soft top tourers such as the MG TD. Guess what it was ... (clue:)

 

[tsedge]

Showing my age probably, but there used to be special recognition sign between drivers of MGs in the days of classic soft top tourers such as the MG TD. Guess what it was ... (clue:)

A useful one today would be a list of software module versions you can hold up and cross-check with the other driver!

 

[Rolfe]

You didn’t learn motorbike etiquette.
No one waves back to someone on a 125cc bike, they haven’t earned the right to nod at anyone.
I’m actually deadly serious, a 125 rider nodding at others is viewed as a cheeky little tw….

Funny that. I learned to wave in the first place because every bike I encountered waved at me. Maybe Aberdonians are a cussed bunch.

 

[jollyman]

Is it mandatory to flash fellow MG4 drivers? I got flashed by another in my town, so of course I flashed back because let’s face it we are all better than everyone else. Has it really come to this? (With the lights btw).

You are breaking the law by flashing without needing to £1000 fine

 

[tsedge]

You are breaking the law by flashing without needing to £1000 fine

Flashing lights is so common as communication that it is a lost battle to stop people doing it and not something I have ever heard of being enforced by the police outside an accident scenario.

 

[Deleted member 14300]

I think it's nice.

 

[tsedge]

I think it's nice.

Yes, it can be perceived as courteous.

The problem is - particularly in urban areas - people treat flashed lights as a green light to go and then don't do proper observations and can miss cyclists or motorcyclists or other road users, causing an accident.

It is recommended to not flash and simply hold back and use your road positioning and speed to communicate, so the other driver still has to make all their observation checks before proceeding.

It is much less of a problem on the motorway (much more controlled situation) and on the narrow Devon lanes where I live, there's no good alternative to a flash of the lights to tell a car in the distance they can proceed. But in these situations there isn't typically any other traffic that would be at risk, so it is pretty safe.

 

[Ian Key]

Flashing lights is so common as communication that it is a lost battle to stop people doing it and not something I have ever heard of being enforced by the police outside an accident scenario.

The other time its enforced is if there is a speed trap near by.

 

[wandle MG4 trophy]

It’s now about a year since the MG4 was released in the UK. Thousands have been sold. They are certainly not rare.
On the first anniversary of the release of this car I would make it illegal to post gleeful photos of other MG4 cars on FaceAche; I would fine flashers; and bind waving hands. It’s time we grew up.

I think this is the one area where Bowfer and I agree.

I have donned my tin helmet.

 

[Rolfe]

Killjoy. I have literally only seen three MG4s driving past since April, in over 4,000 miles. Plus one at the charger next to mine.

 

[Ian Key]

It’s now about a year since the MG4 was released in the UK. Thousands have been sold. They are certainly not rare.
On the first anniversary of the release of this car I would make it illegal to post gleeful photos of other MG4 cars on FaceAche; I would fine flashers; and bind waving hands. It’s time we grew up.

I think this is the one area where Bowfer and I agree.

I have donned my tin helmet.

 

[siteguru]

One banned and another now a deleted user? Did this thread descend into anarchy before I saw it?

 

[Jomarkh]

They may not have been banned or deleted for just this thread.
What's the difference between the two and did mods do both?

 

[Rolfe]

There was a bit of unpleasantness in another thread several days ago and a bunch of posts seemed to have been deleted. Bowfer was being snarky and unnecessary. I think it relates to that.

Based on experiences in another forum I think the "banned" thing is when the mods do it, and the "deleted" thing is something done by or requested by the member themselves (although in the other forum this would leave their username visible but the status would be "Guest").

 

[Alb]

I think the "banned" thing is when the mods do it, and the "deleted" thing is something done by or requested by the member themselves.

This is correct

 

[AB71]

Showing my age probably, but there used to be special recognition sign between drivers of MGs in the days of classic soft top tourers such as the MG TD. Guess what it was ... (clue:)

Remember when you had to do something to someone with an AA badge on but too young to remember what it was

The other time its enforced is if there is a speed trap near by.

Yes if you alert other drivers to Police /Police checks if any kind ahead

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Remember when you had to do something to someone with an AA badge on but too young to remember what it was


Yes if you alert other drivers to Police /Police checks if any kind ahead

The AA thing was that their patrolmen were required to salute passing members. If they didn't, it mean there was a copper hiding in the bushes ahead with a stopwatch.