How did Steve Jobs get away with driving without a license plate? It was common knowledge that Jobs would park his Mercedes SL55 AMG in a handicapped spot at Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, with nothing to identify his vehicle other than the tiny barcode that usually rests behind the rear license plate. Jobs wanted to avoid having a plate for privacy reasons; and yet when having a license-less silver Mercedes became a kind of trademark, Jobs kept motoring without one .

The real reason: a little-known loophole in California vehicle laws that gives owners up to six months to get plates for their vehicles.

Jobs had an arrangement with the lease company to provide a new identical car every 6 months.




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