Number Plate News

DVLA BANS OFFENSIVE NUMBER PLATES!

December 2011

DVLA has banned hundreds of number plates from being sold to the public. Private registrations which seem to be rude or offensive have been withdrawn from sale with immediate effect.
Body parts, drugs, alcohol, and religious words have all been banned. For example DR12 UNK (Drunk), TE12 ROR (Terror), KO12 AAN (Koran).
This recent stance has come about since DVLA instructed Alan Clarke to remove his private number plate BO11 LUX from his vehicle just 6 weeks after he had purchased it!
A spokesman at DVLA has said “we have a responsibility to ensure combinations do not cause offence”.