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Thank You Wave: Generous or an Evil Trap?
Staged car collisions in Canada are up 400 percent and the friendly wave is one of the most common setups. Someone stops. They wave you out of the parking spot or through the intersection. You pull forward because a human being told you it was safe. Their partner hits you. And because you entered a live lane of traffic, it is on you.
What does it feel like to realize a gesture you have used your whole driving life to be kind is now a tool someone else is using to commit fraud? Lorraine Sommerfeld has talked to the police about what is happening on highways too: people hiring amateur stunt…
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