Man driving license plate does not match private car for fuel card discount

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Written by: Liu Dingan, Chen Yongwu, Deng Haixing

2020-04-30 05:18

The high oil prices in Hong Kong are well known to motorists. However, some people actually saved a few yuan discount per liter of fuel oil, but they fell into the magic net after exhausting their "magic weapon". A male driver recently borrowed a friend ’s car because of the expiration of his private car ’s license, but he had to use his license plate number to use it because of the discounted gas card he held. In the early hours of this morning, the car encountered a police license plate recognition system while passing through Kowloon City, and it was immediately evasive. The male driver was arrested on suspicion of "fraud" and "exercise of false documents".

At about 2 a.m., officers from the Traffic Department of East Kowloon Region headed east of Prince Edward Road in Kowloon City towards Kwun Tong, and set up an "Automatic License Plate Recognition System" near the Regal Hotel, during which a private car in motion was found with its license plate number It was shown that the driving permit had expired, so a police officer was sent to drive and found that the private car was driving into a gas station at 590 Prince Edward Road East, Wong Tai Sin.

The driver, who was intercepted and surnamed Yin, was 28 years old and was arrested by the police for disclosing that the license plate of the private car did not match the license. It is reported that Yin ’s own private car license has expired, so he borrows a friend ’s car because he can use the fuel card to enjoy a discount of several yuan per liter, but the fuel card lists its original license plate number, that is, only the car be usable. In order to save money, some people have "made a plan" and put their license plates on a friend's private car for use. Yin was arrested on suspicion of "fraud" and "exercise of false documents". The case was referred to the Criminal Investigation Team of Wong Tai Sin District for follow-up.

It is understood that because the driver had not swiped the fuel into the car at that time, the staff at the petrol station also did not know the actual discount. The vehicle in question is a hybrid car, which is already quite fuel-efficient, but the driver has fallen into the French net because of the small amount of money saved.

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