MotherOfChickens
MotherDucker
I only give signals if they are relevant to my control of my horse, for instance straight road good width no on coming traffic car coming from behind at fiftyish mph if they start to slow I may wave them on as I dont need them to crawl past
Or I will give a signal to slow down If I need them to but I don't tell them it's safe to overtake on bends it's not my responsibility to decide if theres space for a car to go past.
As a driver I totally ignore riders telling me its safe to pass on bends if I can't see I don't go of course if a rider indicates they wish me to stop I do but that's different .
I find that 99% of drivers have no idea what the slow down signal means tbh, have even had people wave gaily back at me! I only wave drivers on when I can see clearly there is nothing at all coming and I know they can't. I am higher up, I can hear and I can see all the potential hazards that they cannot and if its not safe, I don't do it and I wouldn't want kids doing it. Most of our roads aren't single track and vis is good-especially if the rider uses hi viz.
For those of you who won't take another road users word for it being safe, what do you do when stuck behind tractors?