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Old 05-08-2008, 07:17 PM
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Chinese use bond style fake license plates to avoid speed cameras.

Using tactics that would make any TV crime boss proud, Chinese drivers are using electrically-operated license plate devices that either cover up the legitimate plate or swap out the plate for a fake one. The driver can activate the device whenever a speed camera is near from the comfort of the car’s cabin - while driving.

A small industry supporting the speeders has emerged, with companies selling the apparatus for as little as $115 for the simple license plate blocking device. The system that allows users to swap numbers on-the-fly costs at least double that amount, reports Yahoo! News.

The problem of drivers circumventing speed cameras is not a new one - in China or anywhere else in the world - but the Chinese seem to have taken to the task with particular zeal. Some motorists have gone so far as to convert their entire vehicles to mimic those of the People’s Liberation Army, which gives them preferential treatment on the nation’s roads.
The simulated military transports have also been used for inspection-free travel, which allows their drivers to effectively smuggle contraband.

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Old 05-08-2008, 08:21 PM
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In other words the Chinese love circumventing the law.
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Old 05-08-2008, 08:37 PM
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No wonder they have no time to make some good LED taillights for X5.
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Old 05-08-2008, 10:48 PM
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Yeah but if you get caught they go Red Army on your a$$, especially for that impersonation stuff. That's a pretty good deterrent.
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:22 AM
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I don't know where in China you could speed - traffic congestion was pretty bad when I was there a while back and I'm sure its getting worse.
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:31 AM
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I don't know where in China you could speed - traffic congestion was pretty bad when I was there a while back and I'm sure its getting worse.
I couldn't possibly imagine driving there. When I visited in Dec, their driving makes Americans look like Michael Schumachers.
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