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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A55 RGY Takes the Cake

[EmagGeek]

http://grupthinkpro.s3.amazonaws.com/grupthinklive80240347b2eab6b15fd4935656ba50e8

Nobody will ever top Florida "A55 RGY" with the big orange in the middle serving as the letter "O."

A55 O RGY

Re:A55 RGY Takes the Cake

[PRMan]

C'mon. This is Slashdot. We know nothing of such things. This plate is way more up our alley: http://macnugget.org/albums/cars/feature.jpeg

Just a dash

[ljw1004]

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/

Years ago in Arizona

[overshoot]

... my mistress got "RTFM." The dude at DMV wanted to know what it stood for, she told him it was a Unix command.

DCUNTD

[bruce_the_moose]

Seen on a minivan in Fairfax VA. Obviously a fan of the local soccer franchise, no?

Re:Dumbest regulations ever...

[TubeSteak]

Boy is he going to be surprised when he finds out that the government owns almost all the roads too.

Re:The "NO PLATE" story

[fahrbot-bot]

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/noplate.asp

Just to pick a nit with that Snopes article. The first paragraph says:

Allowing motorists to obtain personalized plates provides them with an opportunity to obtain something distinctively unique, something that commands far more attention than the usual humdrum string of letters and digits.

Every license plate is, by definition, "distinctively unique". Just sayin' ...