All vehicles on the road have a license plate. The majority of these license plates consist of random letters and numbers, but some individuals choose to pay extra for personalized vanity plates. These special plates can display any message you desire, as long as it fits within the character limits and adheres to state guidelines.
Different states may have slightly different guidelines for vanity license plates. However, some common rules include prohibiting offensive plates and not allowing duplicate plates among residents.
Not everyone finds the same things offensive. Take, for instance, a mother who had been using a personalized license plate for 15 years. Suddenly, someone found it offensive and complained. Luckily, the governor intervened and told the DMV to leave her alone.
Some individuals use creativity to bypass rules by selecting unique combinations of letters and numbers for their license plates. This can make it difficult to decipher their intended message. An instance of this is a license plate shared on imgur that has been labeled as “genius” by some.
At first glance, this California license plate doesn’t seem like a personalized plate. It appears to be a mix of random letters and numbers. The plate shows “3JOH22A.”
This vanity plate is unique, but if the owner had made it clearer, the DMV might have rejected it. The plate’s message changes when viewed in a car’s mirror. Check out the image below.
Although it may not be considered the “best license plate ever” by everyone, the picture posted shows a very creative way of bending the rules.
Many individuals have expressed admiration for this license plate and made light-hearted comments about how funny it would be if the police had to read it out loud. One person joked, “Dispatch, I have a Toyota Tacoma with a license plate that spells ‘asshole’ backwards in the mirror. Can you check that for me? Over.”
Is this license plate clever in your opinion? Will the DMV eventually decipher the true significance of this license plate and recall it?
