Can you name all of the hand gestures Aussie drivers use to greet each other?
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00:00In different parts of Australia, there are different desert waves, you know those friendly exchanges between passing motorists.
00:09I recently caught up with Bruce White and he shared with me some of the desert waves used in his part of the country,
00:17which is along Lake Road at Lake George in Bungendore in New South Wales.
00:22To someone you know and know quite well, you may just raise a finger.
00:28And sometimes you'll notice some of the older gentlemen, when they raise a finger, they'll raise this hooked finger.
00:36Basically as they're crippled by arthritis, can't do any better.
00:40Someone you need to catch up with, you might raise a whole hand.
00:46Waving the whole hand, you're selling the world you're an idiot.
00:53All these signs are regional, may vary depending on where you are in Australia.