March may be the time for new born lambs and daffodils, but it isn’t looking so sweet in the DVLA offices on the release of new plates. They have suddenly realised that 08 on a vehicle registration has left some interesting connotations.
A team of their finest civil servants have been asked to draw up a list of new plates that are too rude for our eyes. It isn’t just the “OB” look of the new plates, but from distance the 8 can be interpreted as an S.
On top of the banned list are any KN and BO prefixes along with 08 HAG, 08 LUT and 08 LAG – due to the S problem - and complete registrations such as WHO8 GAY and RU08 ENT have got the axe.
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