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Passenger’s bungled attempt to conceal vehicle’s licence plate with his legs as driver performs risky manoeuvre caught on police security cameras
A van driver is facing a fine for reversing up a motorway in central China despite an audacious effort by him and his passenger, to avoid being caught on surveillance camera.
Footage of the incident, which happened on Monday, was captured by the traffic police bureau in Hubei province and has been widely shared online.
It clearly shows the pair’s ambitious, but ultimately futile, efforts to conceal the vehicle’s licence plate from the camera as they perform the illegal and highly dangerous manoeuvre.
The film begins with the two men emerging from a white van with a Hubei licence plate that has come to a halt on the hard shoulder of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway. It soon becomes apparent that the men have missed their turn-off to the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway and are considering what to do.