How do you mount a license plate on a BMW?

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Feb 27, 2012 | 06:31 PM

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turfshark

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

Feb 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.

Feb 28, 2012 | 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by scottj

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.

Feb 28, 2012 | 08:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by scottj

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