Drivers are blasting the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles for being “uptight” and “petty” after its reasons for stifling the creativity of several drivers’ personalized license plate applications were revealed.
Out of thousands of personalized license plate applications each year, hundreds are deemed inappropriate each cycle for being too risque for the road, a report noted.
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Drivers took to social media, blasting the DMV for “censorship” and leaning toward “communism.”
“Typical censorship by the government,” one Facebook comment read.
Another user’s post said: “Gotta love communism. Telling us what we can have.”
“Everyone too up tight and this thing about getting your self worth by being offended by everything and everyone has to stop,” a person wrote.
Still another user commented: “Thank you for reminding that people cry about petty crap like this.”
A user also mockingly suggested that drivers try “religious references next [because] they’re more obscene.”
Motorists in Maine are also fighting to keep their custom license plates following a state crackdown on vehicle owners with plates deemed inappropriate.
Leading the way is Peter Starostecki, a vegan resident with a license plate reading “LUVTOFU” who asserts, “It’s my protest against eating meat and animal products.”
For drivers in Nevada, the DMV listed reasons for the rejected applications, among them pertaining to drug references, gang references, vulgarity, and law enforcement confusion.
One example included “BUD19,” with the explanation being it’s the driver’s dog’s name and the year he was born. However, Nevada said it was representative of drugs and marijuana.
Another applied to use “BILLSMFA” in support of the Buffalo Bills, listing the reason as what the NFL team’s fans call themselves. The DMV declined its approval, saying, “MFA sounds and looks like mafia; a gang.”
Drivers also requested to put “WHYYYY” and “ZZZZZZ” on their personalized license plates, but they were denied on the basis that it would cause confusion for law enforcement.
Another example of a rejected license plate request provided was “BADAB” for a family saying, “bada bing.” The DMV’s response listed “profane — bad a** b****” as the reason for its rejection.
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The Nevada DMV also did not approve of a driver’s request to list “POO BUG” on the personalized license plate in the representation of the brown 1968 Volkswagen Bug, saying it was “obscene; poo.”
The report noted that the following personalized license plate requests were originally questioned but eventually approved: “69DROP,” “MORB1D,” “BEEFYB,” “TOPD,” and “RNECK.”
