Ah, my friend is alive and well, it's his mom who died. Never met his mom, except, arguably, on her funeral 😊

Here in our country, we have a traffic alleviation scheme where plate numbers ending in 1 and 2 are not allowed for most of the day on Mondays; plates ending in 3 and 4 on Tuesdays; 4 and 5 Weds; 6 and 7 Thurs; and 8, 9, and 0 on Fridays. It mostly doesn't work because people just buy another car with a plate for a different day, so it's basically a useless system.