Personalized plates can and do say just about anything you can imagine, though some are more obvious than others. One man in Houston, Texas is having HIS personalized plates revoked by the DMV after they “discovered a hidden message” in the writing. Can you spot the offensive message?
There are more than 120,000 personalized license plates available in Texas. Safeer Hasaan has had one on his Lamborghini for the last three years, according to KPRC. It reads, “370h55V.”
The problem is the state says this puzzling alpha-numeric jumble is no longer acceptable. They told him, “It has been determined that the personalization is offensive.”
Haven’t figured it out why this plate could be considered offensive? How about when we flip it over? You’re now looking at a blurred out cuss word, and it took the state some time to reach the conclusion.
Here’s the rule for revocation: “Would it invoke a response from other drivers that would be driving past that vehicle.”
In my opinion, if you are looking at someone’s license plate and trying to decipher what it looks like upside down, you need to pay more attention to where you’re driving. Also, if you’re offended by a license plate, I’ve not news for you, cupcake, life is gonna come knocking and it’s not gonna be pretty if you have thin skin.
So what do you guys think? Is the DMV over-stepping in revoking this man’s license plate? Are they within their rights?