I'll vouch for this.Excaliber wrote:...
1. At night it takes no effort at all to see whether a vehicle that has just passed in the opposite direction had its license plate illuminated or not through the side view mirror. I takes a little practice to get the focus, but once you do, it's easy...
When I was 16, a full 35 plus years ago, I was driving by a bar in the town I lived in.
A guy I am sure just came out of the bar, made a Uturn and side swiped an oncoming car behind me.
He took off.
I saw the whole thing in my side mirror and caught the plate as he hi tailed outta there.
Have you ever had one of those things that only happens once and for whatever reason sears itself into your gray matter?
Maybe it was because my brain was still young and impressionable.
Now it's old and.... well anyway...
I still remember the lisence plate number YS705.
I don't think I could repeat that now.