Low-digit license plates are big in Arabia. Abu Dhabi’s 1 sold for $14 million in 2008 while in neighboring Dubai 1 is registered to Sheikh Mohammed, the emirate’s ruler. This is plate number 1 from Oman attached to 612 hp of German bliss and I saw it go like hell.

In America, no form of personal expression is greater than the vanity license plate. Vanity plates give ordinary people the platform they need to show the world just how clever or creepy or kind of dickish they really are. 

We're no strangers to motor vehicle departments restricting certain words from personalized license plates. Typically, genitalia, other sex themes, and things related to fecal matter and racism (same thing, really) are verboten. But what about words like PITA, SCOTCH, and RAIN?

No, it's not a Photoshop, this Virginia plate reading "RU 18YET" is real. We checked.

We're not sure from which part of the Keystone State this particular vanity plate hails, but it's worth noting that a large part of Pennsylvania is near the Jersey Shore.

Remember the guy whose ICUHAJI vanity plates were confiscated by the Virginia DMV on the grounds that they were offensive to Muslims? He fought the decision, and a judge ruled that the DMV had to either return the tags or come up with a better reason for taking them away.

At this point in our near daily coverage of witty vanity plates, our attention turns to the often overlooked Old Line State. Maryland Vehicle Administration officials managed to get several offensive or potentially offensive words stricken from the list of acceptable vocabulary from which MVA derives its yea or nay…

This Texan Ariel Atom used to roll with a license plate that said L8RH8R. Now its owner's moved on to something a bit more self-deprecating. The result? Something straight out of Conan O'Brien.

Los Angeles is certainly known for having more than its share of massive egos, and often those egos are kind enough to announce their presence via sickeningly overconfident vanity licence plates. I'm sure we've all seen vanity plates crowing about how hot or rich or awesome the driver allegedly is.

This shot by reddit user anthonymccue reminds you that if you gaze long enough at a hearse, the hearse gazes back. And then it tells you — "UR NEXT."