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DMVs Across the Country Learning Textspeak
First time accepted submitter 3seas writes in about DMVs across the country learning textspeak in order to keep vulgar acronyms off the road. "You can have txtspeak on your plate in Arizona, but only if you keep it clean. 'ROFLMAO' is a no-go. Arkansas, however, seems to be a little slower on the uptake. 'ROFLMAO' doesn't appear on the state's prohibited list. That doesn't necessarily mean the plate would pass DMV scrutiny should someone request it."
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Nobody will ever top Florida "A55 RGY" with the big orange in the middle serving as the letter "O."
A55 O RGY
Shouldn't that be FOAD?
The Washington State DMV rules say that you can use any combination of letters, digits or hyphen, up to a maximum of 7 characters. Single-character license plates are acceptable, but they've all been taken apart from one:
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I think a single hyphen would be great. When police officers write a citation for speeding, in the box for the motorist's license plate, they'd have to just write a dash. It'd be as if you didn't have one. Like this: http://xkcd.com/1105/
... my mistress got "RTFM." The dude at DMV wanted to know what it stood for, she told him it was a Unix command.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/noplate.asp
NO PLATE
NONE
NOTAG
MISSING
XXXXXXX
All are both funny and bad ideas.
I'd lke to get one that reads UFIA.
"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
Back in the day I used to hang out with a guy with the call KA1RCI. Well, on RI plates the 1 and the I are kind of hard to distinguish. So I get in his truck one day and the glove compartment is STUFFED with parking tickets. I was like, how come they haven't booted you yet?
Then I looked at the tickets not only were they written KAIRCI but they also had the plate type as 01, whereas amateur radio call sign plates are type 18. Type matters.
And then there's my sk friend Kevin who had the call sign KA1FTW! The license is still active, maybe when it lapses I'll get it as a club call sign to replace the shitty one we have now which is KB1YSX.
I don't see how it's their business to regulate anything you want on your plate. If I can put "FUCK" on my car (and I can, free speech and all), then there's no reason I can't put it on my plate. Government agencies need to get out of the censorship business, in all circumstances.
Seen on a minivan in Fairfax VA. Obviously a fan of the local soccer franchise, no?
To reduce crime, make fewer things against the law.
Boy is he going to be surprised when he finds out that the government owns almost all the roads too.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
As an Arkansan, let me first point out, we don't have a DMV. License plates are handled by the Revenue Department. The Revenue Department is where money changes hands. . . business license, hunting license, boat registration, driver's license, sales tax, assessment? All in the same damn line. That Chinese fire drill of an office is busy enough, I can assure you no one is reviewing your plate. Case in point, I have a gay friend that got away with a plate that says PWR BTM. Honest to god. He has it on a white truck with a black racing stripe on the hood, so they call it the wide receiver. If that passed the revenue office, anything will.
Agreed. If any cager puts BEEMER on his Bimmer, he needs to have his head examined.