Beijing gas station refueling

[Rewi Alley]

hahahahaha... TIFF... ROFL... IAWMP...
but TIC sums it ALL up!

If the use of forged licence plates is rampant in Beijing and Shanghai, then it seems obvious the police would target petrol service stations rather than pulling people over at random on the roads and causing traffic blockages. They know that people riding motorcycles will require petrol at some point so waiting at petrol stations to check licence plates is dead easy. Better still if they can have the petrol station attendants do that job for them.

Why do people used forged licence plates if having your vehicle confiscated is a possibilty?

Seems very odd...