The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) keeps a list of plates that it has not approved because of words formed by their sequence of numbers and letters, an MP has found.
Have we really sunk this low?
A spokesman for the DVLA told The Sun: “Every number is checked to ensure it does not offend”.
What a bunch of AR53 OLE’s. What happened to all that ‘sticks and stones’ attitude kids have, but adults seem to have lost? Are we now so weak that we can see offence in a number plate?
I wonder if B457 ARD is available? I’d buy a car just to have that one.
I would say “unbelievable” but after ten years of this government it isn’t. It’s just abysmal.
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ISTR they’ve done this for decades, it’s nothing recent. Here in NZ you can make up your own licence plate (up to 6 characters), hand over $799 and it’s yours: http://www.plates.co.nz, but AFAICT they still have a list of naughty words you can’t buy. Even if they didn’t, all the good ones would be gone already!
… or are you just a bit aggrieved because you wanted an ‘offensive’ one? Like P5YKO, or something?
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No, I just have the number the vehicle came with.
What a bunch of AR53 OLE’s. What happened to all that ‘sticks and stones’ attitude kids have, but adults seem to have lost? Are we now so weak that we can see offence in a number plate?
I wonder if B457 ARD is available? I’d buy a car just to have that one.
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I would say “unbelievable” but after ten years of this government it isn’t. It’s just abysmal.
My own take on this at my blog (with credit given to this one – thanks !)
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ISTR they’ve done this for decades, it’s nothing recent. Here in NZ you can make up your own licence plate (up to 6 characters), hand over $799 and it’s yours: http://www.plates.co.nz, but AFAICT they still have a list of naughty words you can’t buy. Even if they didn’t, all the good ones would be gone already!
Clearly I haven’t been paying attention…