how far will u go?

a funny piece of news. the other day on tv i saw this report about number plates of taxicabs. the whole hullaballoo was centred around the number four being an unlucky number in the japanese culture. things became rather acute because of certain very important exams which would decide the future of millions of students in that country. so as to ensure the absence of all kinds of ill-luck, parents did not want their kids going for the exams in cabs which had the number four on their number plate. the end result? some of the biggest taxi companies in japan decided to take off all the cabs which had the dreaded number. age of progress and civilization???