9th March 2012

[tubeguru]

People I wave at:

Other drivers (on trains and platforms)
Kids waving from bridges, but only when they are clearly to young to be troublemakers.

People I sound the horn at (excluding when I am required to by the rules):

The kids mentioned above,
People standing too close to the platform edge,
People on busy platforms as I pass through stations at speed.

People I do NOT wave/sound the horn at:

Spotters (except in exceptional circumstances),
People who randomly wave at me on platforms, such as drunk youths late at night,
Police (why they seem to think we're obliged to acknowledge them is beyond me).

That just about covers my strict rules regarding who you wave/sound the horn at. Hope that helps.

[tubeguru]

Even Diamond Geezer says tube delays have been cut by 40% since '08!.

No he hasn't.

Could someone explain to me how Diamond Geezer is an authority on tube delays?

[Starkey7]

Would you wave at me at Maidenhead?

[tubeguru]

Would you wave at me at Maidenhead?

I would wave at people I know. I should have added that.

[jamesthegill]

Even Diamond Geezer says tube delays have been cut by 40% since '08!.

No he hasn't.

I suspect the young lad has seen DG linking to a TfL puff piece press release and, unused to people linking to their sources for facts and figures rather than blithely posting them without citation, assumed that such a view was DG's own.