Pinkie-wagging at drivers: do not attempt

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We recently wrote about an anti-speeding campaign in Australia in which women wag their pinkies at aggressive male drivers, implying that they lack a little something down under. The advertiser, Australia’s Road & Traffic Authority (RTA), may need to add a “Do not attempt” disclaimer to the ads, now that they’re provoked some real-world road rage. Three months ago, Simon Jardak saw a woman giving him the old pinkie-wag as he drove in Sydney.

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