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Those crazy Danes…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 24 (UPI)—A new Danish road safety video on the Internet features topless blond women with speed limit signs urging drivers to stop speeding.

Danish road safety council official Julia Pauli claimed that the satirical news report was made to better communicate with young male drivers and has so far met with mostly positive feedback, the BBC reported.

“If you want to reach the young people, you have to communicate on their conditions ... So, topless women are working,” Pauli said of the Speedbandits video.

With speeding drivers accounting for a quarter of all Denmark’s road deaths, the video is part of an increasing effort by area officials to crack down.

Here in America John Ashcroft felt the need to put a cover of the fake boobies on a statue behind the area where he gave press conferences.  In Denmark, the government uses boobies to get their point across.

What a difference in cultures, no?

Feminists aren’t exactly happy about it, though:

Asked if the council would respond to feminist criticism of the video by creating a female-oriented counterpart featuring a man exposing his bottom, Pauli told the BBC that viewers would have to wait to find out.

I’m just not sure that a dude mooning drivers as they drive by would have the same impact as the topless girls, though.  But then I’m not exactly objective on that point.

Since I know you’re all curious, here’s the video (WARNING: It has boobies in it, so don’t watch it if you’re offended by them):