World of the Bizarre
'Lucky' plate sees driver stopped eight times
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T.K. RandallJune 29, 2016 ·
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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.
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Telegraph |
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