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'Lucky' plate sees driver stopped eight times

By T.K. Randall
June 29, 2016 · Comment icon 5 comments

The man's number plate raised more than a few eyebrows. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Wageeckhai
A man in China got more than he bargained for when he splashed out $150,000 on the number plate '88888'.
Despite only having a GM pickup truck worth around $5000, the Chinese motorist, who is known only as Mr Zhou, decided to spend one million yuan ( $150,000 ) on a customized number plate.

Far from bringing him good fortune however the plate, which reads '88888', saw him pulled over no less than eight times on the first day alone by police officers who didn't believe that it was genuine.

"Police would see me and then wave to me pull over," he said. "I ended up being stopped for longer periods than I was actually driving. It has caused so much trouble."

In China the number eight is traditionally associated with good luck while the number four, which sounds like 'death' when recited in mandarin, is considered to be unlucky.

Source: Telegraph | Comments (5)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by pallidin 8 years ago
They pulled him over for a legally registered license plate?
Comment icon #2 Posted by UFOwatcher 8 years ago
Perhaps they were 'also' looking for good luck. 8 or a string of 8's are good luck in China.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Still Waters 8 years ago
Looks like they didn't bother to check.  
Comment icon #4 Posted by Codenwarra 8 years ago
Anyone else think of the King of Eight in Sesame Street?
Comment icon #5 Posted by Rocky Evans 8 years ago
I know 4`s are bad. They won`t even say it. They will say the four noble persons walking or the four directions so as to not mention it as a number. Penny for your thoughts. No pun intended 


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