Longrider

21
Nov
2008

Banned Plates

Filed under: General News,Political,Transport — @ 12:31

Oh, for crying out loud!

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”.

It would appear so.
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7 Responses to “Banned Plates”

  1. Mark Wadsworth says:
    November 21, 2008 at 13:41

    … or are you just a bit aggrieved because you wanted an ‘offensive’ one? Like P5YKO, or something?

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  2. Longrider says:
    November 21, 2008 at 14:21

    No, I just have the number the vehicle came with.

  3. Leg-iron says:
    November 21, 2008 at 16:40

    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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  4. jameshigham says:
    November 21, 2008 at 23:08

    Trying to think one up about the DVLA.

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  5. Womble On Tour says:
    November 21, 2008 at 23:14

    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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  6. Pete in Wanganui says:
    November 22, 2008 at 06:04

    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!

  7. Longrider says:
    November 22, 2008 at 09:51

    Clearly I haven’t been paying attention…

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