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Danny White lives in Washington, DC, is a die-hard Redskins fan, and has both a Chevrolet Avalanche and a peculiar sense of humor. Thanks to a peculiar quirk in the District's Department of Motor Vehicles' computer system, those last two details have gotten him about $20,000 worth of unpaid — and unearned — parking tickets. More »
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As far as DMVs go, none has proven more prudish than the censors in the Old Dominion. The Virginia DMV has previously rejected the "world's greatest license plate" on the grounds it promoted child canabilism. They even accused a mom of being a sex pervert. But a "NSTY HOE"? Apparently, that's no big deal. More »
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Last night's Super Bowl was less a victory for the Giants of New York and more a triumph of schadenfreude in the form of a Patriots loss. Should you be a Giants fan or merely desire to remind everyone Tom Brady failed, again, you can get a Giants victory-themed license plate for just $60. More »
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Car ownership is supposed to be a matter of some self-identity and pride. A good ride is an extension of your personality, a face to show a mechanized world. Add in a personalized license plate and you expect your car to speak your truth. More »
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Sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the feds earlier today and its founder Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz was arrested over allegations that his site hosted pirated media. Schmitz also had over $6 million in luxury cars seized. Cars with extremely conspicuous plates proclaiming him, among other things, a "God." Or "The" God. More »
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Here's the story of how a BMW owner spent the better part of a year driving around with license plates assigned to a Honda last registered in the 90s. He'd still have the "stolen" vanity plates — sent to him by the New York DMV — if it weren't for two run-ins with Johnny Law. More »
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Texas nearly became the 10th state to issue license plates prominently featuring the Confederate battle flag, but 501(c)4 non-profit organization Progress Texas fought the action with a coordinated grassroots campaign and got the plates rejected. Here's how they did it. — Ed. More »
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Every year for the last 40 years the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association (ALPCA) selects America's best license plate. This year's 40th anniversary competition featured a record number of nominations from as far away as American Samoa. There's even a bear-shaped plate! Here are America's 12 best license plates. More »
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Another day. Another hilarious plate approved by the DMV. This time we're in lovely Massachusetts where the beers are cold, the accents are funny, and the Subaru drivers "LUVAG." More »
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Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles will punish a motorist who tries to "EAT THE Kids First," yet gives a thumbs up to those who "EA7" kids or someone who "SLAPS" them. But how does Virginia feel about the place, albeit, apparently, dirty, where the kids come from in the first place? They approve. UPDATE! More »
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If you're going to drive a Mini Countryman, you might as well attach a vanity license plate that matches its personality — but you're going to have a hard time surpassing this one I came across near the University of Maryland. Juicy, indeed. More »
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Florida's Sun-Sentinel newspaper has done the public service of combing the 1,800 vanity plates rejected by the state's DMV and picking some real winners. It's like filthy, half-literate magnetic poetry: HASAGUN GOLF HOE / HO GETTA CAML TOW. More »
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Earlier this year we brought you the story of the world's greatest license plate, which was approved by the Virginia DMV and then harshly revoked. Looks like someone's outwitted the DMV and sneaked a slightly modified version of the famous "EAT THE" Kids First vanity license plate past the state censors. More »
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Today, the California DMV released the following list of 100 banned license plates. The list, accumulated over the past few years, has some obvious offenders. Others, like "3MTA3," are a little trickier to decode. How many of them can you translate? More »
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I kid, because I'm sure this Michigan vanity plate I spotted in a Detroit suburb this week was totally just because they wanted to engineer the word "Engineer" onto the plate. I hope. I really hope. More »
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While other states try to keep personalized vanity plates off the road, Texas auctions desirable combinations. Last night's winner: "FERRARI," at a record-setting $15,000. Big loser: The Jalopnik reader who paid $7,750 for the "DRAGONS" rear license plate. More »
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This is Garth Yeaman, the 30-year-old who valiantly struggled to keep the world's greatest license plate from being destroyed by Virginia's humorless bureaucracy. He lost the battle, but he's not giving up the war. We interviewed him. Here's his story. More »
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Yesterday's story of one man's unsuccessful fight to keep the world's greatest license plate inspired others with more successful attempts to achieve humor send us their plates. Here are 12 other funny plates that slipped by the DMV. Solidarity. More »
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Yup Mr. Camaro owner, nobody will ever know your license plate's full of it unless you flip it upside... oh, wait... you did. (Hat tip to jettom!) More »
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Yes, yes you are. Obvious Jaguar vanity plate is obvious. [imgur] More »
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LOL–707 has a rare trick: twofold rotational symmetry. Turn it around a point in the middle of the dash separating the letters from the digits and you end up with the same license plate. More »
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Nelson suddenly learned the true meaning of schadenfreude when he crashed his Cadillac CTS into a light pole and, instead of helping, everyone just laughed. Ha-HA! (Hat tip to D&D!) [Imageshack] More »
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Either this guy just had his license plates stolen or he thinks cops are way more stupid than they are. Close up below. More »
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For only $101,500 plus the cost of a custom plate, you too can laugh at the thought of using gas to run your Tesla Roadster. Just make sure the celebratory drive isn't longer than 245 miles. [Reddit] More »
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This Serbian man may have honked at these dogs to spare them becoming road kill, but they took it as a threat and sent him a message he's not soon to forget. "A Hyundai honked at me once... ONCE!" More »
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This Pontiac Vibe has a serious beef with Ricardo Montalban. Not everyone enjoys rich Corinthian leather. [XX-XY] More »
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Apparently this California driver has little faith in the competitive abilities of either himself or his Mitsubishi EVO IX. His license plate announces his lowered expectations to the world. (Hat tip to Ryan!) More »
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California's so broke. "How broke are they?" California's so broke its state legislature is voting on a measure to direct its DMV to investigate electronic license plates capable of displaying advertising on stopped vehicles. Poor much? (H/T to HDC!) [News10] More »
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What's funnier, the "IM HIGH" license plate on this "customized" Chrysler 300, or that the car is pacing a Rocawear truck? (Hat tip to Paul!) More »
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It's "NA5CAR 2," part-electric boogaloo: This Toyota Prius, seen in Huntington Beach, prepares to do what comes naturally to carefully engineered stock cars. (Hat tip to Ryan!) More »
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From a design standpoint, the American license plate is a mess — some states' efforts are simple and appealing, but others are visual disasters. Ken Carbone of Fast Company commissioned a few designs he thinks'll clean things up. —Ed. More »
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New Jersey motorist Kim Romano has had a "BIOCH" of a vanity license plate for four years. Now New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission wants the plate back, claiming it's "offensive." Those BIOCHes. More »
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You can learn a lot about someone from their vanity license plate. For instance, the owner of this bright "P***y magnet yellow" Camaro loves NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt and the cyclical shedding of a woman's uterine lining. More »
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The minivan with popular sports team logo plus a cartoon stick-figure representation of the family inside is a suburban staple, but something tells us the owners of this Dodge Grand Caravan are more than just Paul Reiser fans. [tpiwwp] More »
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You never know what you'll find when you wander the Island That Rust Forgot! More »
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Some people just love their Porsche Boxsters. There's no shame in it, they have a lovely chassis, so complimenting the car with a vanity plate is understandable. When you love a thing you just can't get your mind off it. More »
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The Virginia DMV recalled this now-infamous racist Ford F-150 license plate after negative buzz on the web pointed out the coded pro-Hitler message. Seriously, Virginia, you needed the Internet to realize this guy might be racist? More »
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Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, other people are bound and determined to make the world a worse place. This jerk's racist coded license plate makes this picture exceptionally depressing. [Reddit] More »
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The Ford Bronco helped invent the idea of SUVs as cool. Unfortunately, OJ Simpson's fateful police chase left white Bronco's with his indelible mark so this owner decided to address the issue head on. [Reddit] More »
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What do we think — is this a sysadmin's license plate or just a script kiddie with a really good sense of humor? More »
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