For many, your car is part of your identity. If you’re a messy person, you probably have a messy car. Maybe you lean one way or another politically? Your bumper sticker or the car itself might tip people off about who you voted for.

Then there is the license plate.

Yes, the boring people will allow the Department of Motor Vehicles to choose some random combination for them. But you’re not boring. You’re creative. You’re going to take that 5-7 characters and make the most of them! There’s only one problem. The Nevada DMV keeps an eye out for plates that violate their standards and send denials all the time. Last year, nearly 1,000 plates were reviewed, of which the vast majority – more than 800 – were denied.

But first, plates whose denials were upheld

Some denials are relatively easy to understand.Ā 420LIFE promotes weed.Ā So doesĀ KOOSH. So doesĀ B4KED.Ā SHROOMS are a psychedelic drug… are you sensing a theme here?! There are also plates likeĀ IH8LIBS which we can only imagine was destined for a vehicle known for rolling coal.Ā 310HSSA seems fine until you read it backwards.Ā LMAOO on aĀ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department plate is a pretty bold attempt as well.Ā But all of them were given the big red stamp of disapproval.

So too wasĀ SNDNUDS (they tried telling the DMV the plate was abbreviations of family members names) andĀ LYNPIPE (the guy supposedly was a pipe fitter). Even the plateĀ GIGGITY, a callback to the hit cartoon Family Guy, was given the thumbs down. What are they, a bunch of Puritans?!

Not all denials stick around though. The Nevada DMV released a list of plates that, while on the borderline, were given the green light to drive through green lights. Today we go down the list of 28 plates that narrowly avoided being banished.

  • 2HRD

    nevada plate 2HRDSomehow, shockingly, this was allowed to fly. The owner claims it is his nickname.

  • BANGT4N

    nevada plate BANGT4NBefore you get your head in the gutter, no one is telling you to “bang” tanned people. Bangtan is the BT in BTS. Their name in Korean, “Bangtan Sonyeondan”, actually means “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”, which gives BTS more street cred than ever with us.

  • BIGOH

    nevada plate BIGOHIf we could only be so lucky as to drive a BIGOH. The DMV said the “OH” means the real big “O”, owner said nope. They let it slide.

  • BLAZ3D

    nevada plate BLAZ3DWait! They banned all the “getting high” plates! Well, this owner drives a Chevy Blazer. Moral of the story: if you want to have a stoner plate, buy a Blazer.

  • BUUBARU

    nevada plate BUUBARUIt’s a Subaru named “boo”. The DMV thought it sounded a little too much like “boobs”.

  • BUYSHIB

    nevada plate BUYSHIBThe owner wanted people to buy the Shiba Inu (or SHIB) cryptocurrency. The DMB thought it looked like “B**** You Be” backwards. That person must be so fun at parties.

  • CLAN

    nevada plate CLANThe drivers explanation is they are a Raider fan, and part of the “Raider clan”. The “bad” clan starts with a K, not a C… so that’s likely why it got the clear.

  • CPRHDRD

    nevada plate CPRHDRDThe owner was trying to show off “Copper Head Road”… but the DMV saw something dirty. “CPR HARD ROD”. HDRD? Hard Rod?! We need a drink.

  • DUCKME

    nevada plate DUCKME“Profane, it could look like ‘F*** ME'”. Yeah, sure if you confuse your Ds for Fs often. They let it go.

  • DUCKIT

    nevada plate DUCKITDs šŸ‘ Are šŸ‘ Not šŸ‘ Fs!!!! It was approved.

  • DWEEB

    nevada plate DWEEBAll it means is nerd. The driver said it was his nickname. What a nerd. It was allowed.

  • G3TNLSR

    nevada plate G3TNLSRIt’s a line fromĀ Mean Girls but it was enough to get flagged by the Nevada DMV. It was eventually deemed OK.

  • GODFRST, GOD1STT and GD1ST

    nevada plate godfrstBecause it said God or Religion is superior. They were all eventually allowed.

  • GOTRUMP

    nevada plate GOTRUMPIt wasn’t denied because of Donald Trump. The DMV said they essentially say GOT RUMP. The driver wasn’t talking about posteriors, depending on who you ask. It was allowed.

  • H8CVD

    nevada plate H8CVDThe person hates COVID. So does everyone. The DMV said HATE IS INAPPROPRIATE! We hate the fact they said that. The plate was eventually allowed.

  • HLN ASH

    nevada plate HLN ASHThe DMV said it sounds like “Haulin’ Ass”, which it does. But her name is Ashley. It’s a pun. Puns are OK, and it was allowed.

  • IKEYU

    nevada plate IKEYUNo, the driver isn’t threatening to key people’s cars. He literally makes keys.

  • KILLNME

    nevada plate KILLNMEThis was flagged because the person at the DMV has obviously not seenĀ The Sandlot. It was eventually allowed.

  • NUDE

    nevada plate NUDEIt was a motorcycle driver who didn’t use fenders. The puritans at the DMV were afraid you were referencing the bodies we all have and take showers with.

  • NVHTHR

    nevada plate NVHTHRHer name was Heather. She is no hater.

  • PRTYBS

    nevada plate PRTYBSIt’s a party bus, not “pretty bulls***”. Frankly, we haven’t seen a bull’s excrement that would be considered pretty.

  • RDK1L

    nevada plate RDK1LRoadkill? Too much for the DMV! The driver explained that was his nickname in the Navy because that’s what he looked like when he woke up. Which leads us to the next question… what the heck does he look like?!

  • REDTACO

    nevada plate REDTACOHe drives a red Toyota Tacoma. We won’t even put what the DMV said because it’s ridiculous.

  • RXGRL

    nevada plate RXGRLShe was a pharmacist.

  • SKITTEL

    nevada plate SKITTELUm, we all have had Skittles. Apparently the DMV says it’s a “combination of illegal drugs”. We are starting to think the person in charge at the DMV lives a harder life than most of us.

  • STAYGAY

    nevada plate STAYGAYMeaning “happy”. The DMV said Gay could be slang for homosexual. SO?!

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