License Plate Changing High-tech: Netizens Spread N Ways to Avoid Tickets (Photo Group) - Sohu News

Currently, with the increase in private cars and the increasingly diverse non-onsite penalty methods of the public security traffic management department, some car owners in Beijing have started to put "effort" into their vehicle license plates in order to drive more "freely" and park more "liberally". The means and methods are constantly evolving with the times.

On a certain automobile forum, netizen "Car Lover" posted a thread titled "The N+1st Way to Avoid Tickets". The post claims that "as long as you remove the license plate, even if you illegally park, the traffic police can't do anything about it." Because "they can't possibly mobilize a tow truck just for your one car." Once the post was made, it immediately drew widespread attention from car enthusiasts.

License Plate Transformation: Three Kinds of Tricks

1. Removable License Plate Frame

Removing the license plate is as easy as pie.

2. Instant License Plate Hider

Flips the license plate in one second.

"Just press the remote control, and the license plate will flip automatically, it's truly amazing." Recently, on a certain automobile forum's bar, there appeared a post selling automatic license plate flippers, drawing considerable interest from many netizens.

3. Automatic Remote-Controlled Roller Shutter

Covers the license plate with a black cloth in the blink of an eye.

This device can make both front and rear license plates change like the Sichuan Opera trick "face-changing," covering them with a black cloth in the blink of an eye. Just lightly press the button at the bottom of the license plate frame, and a piece of black canvas will quickly rise, tightly adhering to the license plate and completely blocking it from view. Press the remote control again, and the canvas falls quickly, leaving no trace. Both front and rear license plates experience this simultaneously, and the transformation speed is fast, taking only two or three seconds to complete.

"Clearly seeing no license plate, but in the blink of an eye, it appears as if there is one, making one doubt whether they saw wrong." In the video on the sales website, the car owner holds a small remote control and lightly presses it towards the license plate. With a few mechanical friction sounds, a piece of black cloth the same size as the license plate slowly rises from below the front and rear license plates. Within a few seconds, the black cloth covers the license plate entirely. "With the license plate covered, in the event of a traffic accident, the offending vehicle could use its cover to flee the scene, making it difficult to find; and it would also encourage drivers to run red lights and speed, posing significant safety hazards," said one netizen.

Illegal Sales Conducted "Openly"

Easily Identifiable by Police Officers

"Our frontline traffic police officers can almost instantly distinguish between hidden removable license plate frames and regular fixed ones. If vehicles with non-compliant license plate frames are found on the road, they will be stopped for inspection without exception."

According to the traffic police, according to the "Road Traffic Safety Law" and related regulations, enterprises producing and selling unapproved removable or flipping license plate frames without national permission may commit criminal offenses if the circumstances are serious, with a maximum sentence of 3 years in prison. Illegal installers and users may also face administrative penalties of up to a 1000 yuan fine and 6 demerit points.