Have You Ever Wondered HOW And WHY Certain Personalized Plates Get Past The DMV? Wonder No More...

When a DMV customer wanted to supposedly express his affection for his two children, Kyle and Sean, he applied for a vanity plate that read “KYLSEAN.” A sharp-eyed DMV staffer reviewing the proposed plate quickly raised an alarm. “Kill Sean!” he scrawled on the side of the application. Request denied.

KylSean was one of 20,000 requests for personalized plates that the California DMV received that month; nearly 250,000 were fielded by the department in 2018. Applicants are required to fill out a form listing the personalized plate they desire, along with a brief explanation as to why they want it. Whether or not the plate sees the light of day falls to a panel of four beleaguered bureaucrats, who weed through the slush pile and ferret out requests that are racist, tawdry, or otherwise offensive. It’s a tougher job than you might think. Ever since vanity plates were introduced in 1972, Californians have tried sneaking all manner of sly euphemisms and overt obscenities past the department’s guardians of civility...

MDarringer - 3/31/2019 11:52:57 AM

+1 Boost

I want FAKJUSY

Agent00R - 3/31/2019 12:16:23 PM

+1 Boost

Bringing the heat today, Matt!

EVisNow - 3/31/2019 1:04:11 PM

0 Boost

DRANGED

MDarringer - 3/31/2019 8:43:55 PM

0 Boost

@EVisNow As usual, you're an idiot. The premise of responding with a license plate would be to do so with one that WOULDN'T get approved.

EVisNow - 3/31/2019 9:34:50 PM

+2 Boost

Automatic response whenever your name shows up. It describes you and should be on permanent display.

MDarringer - 3/31/2019 11:12:54 PM

0 Boost

Nah, you're just intolerant of any opinion other than your own. You are #narcissistic and #entitled. You also cannot handle being b-slapped around whenever I expose and decimate your illogical thoughts. You fear your #inadequacy and resort to #overcompensatory huffing and puffing. I do find you amusing though in a Chihuahua-humping-the-leg-of-a-pitbull kind of way.

dumpsty - 3/31/2019 4:19:02 PM

+2 Boost

I can see myself doing a great job on that committee. the list of rejected requests is quite hilarious. makes for interesting user names on blog & social media sites.