Makers of automobile commercials
give the cars number plates with symmetrical characters i.e. numbers 1,8 and 0 and any letters from A,H,I,M,O,T,U,V,W,X and Y. In any combination, it doesn't matter.

That way you can film the advert once and then flip the image for adverts in markets with left hand drive instead of right-hand and the image doesn't look wrong.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 28 Feb 2011, 20:52, 4 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

also works if...
a male character in the ad has an earring and you can flip the film to appeal to the gay market.
(bunglist, Tue 1 Mar 2011, 7:58, Reply)

Doesn't the "gay ear" vary by country too?
Though, personally, I find it's the type of earring, diamond earing[s] on a guy for example, that screams "Gay!" rather than the ear or location therein.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Ford do this already...
and some others too, but can't think which.
(Kip, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 8:29, Reply)

Rover had two plates
YOO 181 and XTX 88 (IIRC).

Turned up in a lot of ads on different Rovers...
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 5 Mar 2011, 19:46, Reply)