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Personalised plate not 'just the ticket'
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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3530990.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> Traffic wardens in Birmingham, Alabama, enter seven letter Xs onto their forms when they issue tickets to cars without plates, reports the Daily Telegraph.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3530990.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> The default code matches the vanity plate of a motorist from nearby Huntsville, who has received nearly £12,000 worth of parking tickets intended for other vehicles.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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