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Now, this is something which you don't get to see everyday.. Hope the driver is ok.. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150335826257866 Sorry peeps, cannot embed as video is uploaded on facebook.. but it's shared with the public, so i suppose everyone can see it even without logging into facebook..

May 7, 2008 Speeding drivers cheat the law by flipping plates BEIJING - SPEEDING drivers in southern China are getting away with it, thanks to machines which switch the numbers on their licence plates in seconds, state media reported yesterday. The remote-control device with the ability to flip over the numbers in less than three seconds costs around 1,800 yuan (S$350), the Beijing Youth Daily said. Two number plates - one genuine and one fake - are installed back-to-back within a specially designed black frame, and the driver can flip the plates as he wishes. A less advanced apparatus which releases a veil to cover the licence plate costs 800 yuan or more. 'More than 50 per cent of cars caught on camera for speeding and other offences either cover up their plates or use a fake licence plate,' a traffic policeman in the Guangdong city of Yangjiang was quoted by the newspaper as saying. 'Our chances of capturing them are next to nil.' A driver surnamed Zheng told the newspaper: 'The era of covering up the licence plate manually has passed.' 'It's really convenient and economical too,' said a salesman who specialises in such devices in the provincial capital of Guangzhou. 'The devices are selling like crazy.' In April, Xinhua news agency reported that China had confiscated thousands of fake military vehicles and number plates in a move to crack down on citizens masquerading as privileged members of the People's Liberation Army. REUTERS