Down here if you see a biker coming the other way you fall off in amazement.



Thumbs up for road clear ahead is nice in theory, but I'd hate to be unintentionally wrong. What with plain clothes cars, bikes, cameras hidden in vans - how can you be sure? They may not be targetting the direction you're travelling in. I'd feel bad if I heard that someone got pulled over on that stretch of road later, and it might have been my say-so that gave them the necessary confidence to flout the law , shock horror.



I suppose I'm saying that if I saw a biker coming the other way and he gave me the thumbs up, I'd assume he (preferably she) was admiring my ride, gear, toothy smile, than telling me anything about the road ahead. Caveat ridor, and all that.