nodding donkey:
All the milk tanker driver flash or wave at each other, regardless of company.
It was the same when I worked for rank hovis. All the drivers who delivered flour flashed and waved at each other regardless of company
You cant beat waving at a fellow colleague coming toward you on a A road or even in the yard ,and they totally blank you 
next time you drop on um in the yard asking for a favouror or at the coffee machine etc,give um the same treatment 
scanny77:
It was the same when I worked for rank hovis. All the drivers who delivered flour flashed and waved at each other regardless of company
That still goes on. Because of the way the runs were worked, Matthews drivers tended not to be near each other unless the tanker was nearby so waving to Heygates etc made up for it.
Always do the flash the lights wave thing don’t see many of our lot when I’m out most wave back get a few ignorant ones but they are usually the ones drinking coffee on their own in the office lol no fun.
Also when another artic goes past sometimes a nod or a wave as a sign of respect as we are all doing the same job no matter who we work for.
Daytrunker:
Always do the flash the lights wave thing don’t see many of our lot when I’m out most wave back get a few ignorant ones but they are usually the ones drinking coffee on their own in the office lol no fun.Also when another artic goes past sometimes a nod or a wave as a sign of respect as we are all doing the same job no matter who we work for.
Quick nod and a wave or thumbs up when anyone parks up next to me in a services. Always seems to raise a smile and a nod back. 
If I catch that eye of another driver in services or in traffic on a Friday I always do the pint in hand gesture and mouth “I cant wait for a pint” that usually gets a smile and a thumbs up
Drift:
If I catch that eye of another driver in services or in traffic on a Friday I always do the pint in hand gesture and mouth “I cant wait for a pint” that usually gets a smile and a thumbs up
Or they are gay 
Always do it in the bus unless it’s someone who’s a bit of an idiot. Driving can be a lonely job so sometimes that little bit of interaction with someone in the same boat (or bus) as you can give a smile.
tango boy:
Drift:
If I catch that eye of another driver in services or in traffic on a Friday I always do the pint in hand gesture and mouth “I cant wait for a pint” that usually gets a smile and a thumbs upOr they are gay
So I have spotted you Mr Tango, your the ■■■■■■ that blew the kiss
If you think waving at your own companies vehicles is bad try this… I’ve done home delivery for Ocado and Sainsburys previously and you get every other supermarket’s vans waving at you, not just your own… I found the best thing to do was to just look straight ahead and ignore them
I’ve never seen Yodel waving at UPS etc
me and the other few drivers at our place will flash the lights to and back at a couple of rival local firms, the rival bosses hate each other but the drivers are friendly enough to each other. When I first started driving some of the regular places had a certain knack getting in and out of, the other drivers were more than happy to help to guide me in and out, also took the ■■■■ a bit but at least it was to my face and in good humour.
If one of our own flashes and the other guy doesnt flash back, they’ll normally ring the other guy up (hands free of course) and say he saw them too late and have a chat, there’s half a dozen on our team but we all know whos doing what normally.
Talking at a local haulage firm to an there old hand it seems to him that a lot of the new drivers don’t do it, they just dont have that friendly, all in it together, attitude.
nodding donkey:
All the milk tanker driver flash or wave at each other, regardless of company.
Ditto the animal feeds drivers. Bit of mutual superiority knowing that we all go where box jockeys and trolley dollies wouldn’t dare; farms!
Only one or two of the artic drivers will acknowledge us rigid muppets. My fellow rigid drivers will flash and wave though.
I wave at other companies. Do it like you know them. They mostly wave back looking confused. Can’t beat a good wave. Why limit your range to same company vehicles. For the brave, there’s Russian roulette waving as you pass dvsa check points. Miserable gits never wave back so I sometimes stick my tongue out.
I always did the “bikers nod” when out on the bike 
A few years ago I bought a Subaru Impreza and when to a mates who also had one, he told me as I was now in the owners club he could tell me about the “Scooby wave” basically if you had a bonnet scoop you waved at others with a scoop too, but you didn’t wave at “no scoops” as these were not proper Scoobies.
I just laughed it off but soon learnt he wasn’t winding me up, that’s just how it was 
Back to topic, I always flash and wave work colleagues ( even the guy that simply puts two fingers up ) I love my job and what I do, after four years I still have to stop myself flashing everyone cos I’m just that happy. I wonder how many years it’ll be before that excitement wears off
Bit off topic, but a MMTM, about the time he had a fall out with the TM while he was way up north scotland, he tells the TM to stick it, and he sets off driving back to lancashire.
All the way back down, all the other drivers are giving him the coffee bean wave
I got Tang waved by a local subbie in an 8w Scania with silly amounts of tat on the other day. God knows why, my wagon’s a day cabbed CF, no tat and hasn’t even got a badge with 400bhp on it. It wasn’t even clean either.
I used to get the ‘scooby wave’ too Darb.
On local roads ill wave if I’m not busy driving. On motorways I can pass 40+ of our other vehicles on the other carriageway on one run. Sometimes ill wave but most of the time I’m paying attention to what’s happening in front of me. If I overtake or get overtaken by one of ours than ill give a wave of acknowledgement.
As an aside, when I was a nipper and me dad was towing a caravan to the west country on holiday we would wave at the other van owners.
However, my father would make out he knew the other driver so, as he waved he would call out " alright Bill, see you at work on Monday or “Barry! Don’t, forget darts next Thursday!” A;nd of course, the other driver would acknowledge the wave.
We thought our dad knew everyone.
My dad was my hero…
Honked:
We have 11 trucks but I only wave to 9 of them.One is mine so that would be silly and one is a prick who I just ignore completely
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