How do you mount a license plate on a BMW?

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02-27-2012, 06:31 PM

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idiots. everyone knows THIS is the proper way to mount a licence plate on a beamer. ↓↓↓

02-27-2012, 09:49 PM

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Maybe it's a way to beat the automated license plate readers on the bridges? I'd be willing to bet most machine vision systems could not extract the plate number in that orientation.

02-28-2012, 12:17 AM

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Maybe it's a way to beat the automated license plate readers on the bridges? I'd be willing to bet most machine vision systems could not extract the plate number in that orientation.

They take the rear plate. Also its a $8 hr person pulling all that data.

02-28-2012, 08:53 AM

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Maybe it's a way to beat the automated license plate readers on the bridges? I'd be willing to bet most machine vision systems could not extract the plate number in that orientation.

If that actually worked, then you'd probably see it more often