Noticed this on a Chinese forum ...



Prior to being allowed to fill up at some stations, a pic is being taken of your plate & blue book while you are inside registering your driving license (while being recorded by the security camera inside ... "please remove your helmet").

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Who dreams up these policies / practices?

There is a guy that lives in my building and rides one of those Turtle things, without plates. He siphons gas out of his car to fill up his bike. All done in the underground parking lot, which is poorly ventilated. Sometimes, the area reeks of gas fumes.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I wonder if those gas station jockeys can be enticed to sell the plate numbers & bike details (out of the blue book) to the counterfeiting crooks ... 20 rmb per picture? Incredible.