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The interesting question this article poses is whether there's a system in place for the government to revoke vanity plates it's already approved. Can they for

The interesting question this article poses is whether there's a system in place for the government to revoke vanity plates it's already approved. Can they force him to change the plate?

Aloha 7y ago
They usually can, and various states have before.
- sokoloff 7y ago
  My favorite such revocation: https://jalopnik.com/virginia-dmv-revokes-worlds-greatest-license-plate-5724684 https://jalopnik.com/virginia-dmv-revokes-worlds-greatest-li... (Virginia's "EATTHE" Children First plate) I think they should have been allowed to keep it, frankly.
moftz 7y ago
They just wouldn't let him renew his vehicle registration unless he changes his vanity plate or goes back to the a random number.
kens 7y ago
Yes, of course they can revoke vanity plates. For example, the story (2002-2004) of the Washington software engineer who spent a couple of years fighting to keep his "GOTMILF" license plate and ended up having it canceled. Ref: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/end-road-gotmilf-license-plate http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/end-road-gotmil...
Scoundreller 7y ago
Ontario Canada has an anesthesiologist with a “FENTANYL” license plate. Was funny in 1995, not so much now. So he went to the DMV and asked them to change it, and they wanted to charge him to do that. He’s like, no, i’m not paying. Eventually he writes a letter to his politician saying “please revoke my license plate” and eventually he gets a letter saying they got a complaint (ie: his) and the DMV wants to revoke his plate. But he had to wait 30 days For the appeal clock to run out, just in case he wanted to appeal his own complaint. Kinda funny, but kinda sad that someone paid $400k+ per year by the government wasted thousands more because he didn’t want to pay the $100 plate change fee. * some details/numbers estimated from memory.
tbyehl 7y ago
My state has legislation about denying / revoking vanity plates and 'It inconveniences our computers' is not a valid reason.

The interesting question this article poses is whether there's a system in place for the government to revoke vanity plates it's already approved. Can they force him to change the plate?

Aloha 7y ago

They usually can, and various states have before.

sokoloff 7y ago
My favorite such revocation: https://jalopnik.com/virginia-dmv-revokes-worlds-greatest-license-plate-5724684 https://jalopnik.com/virginia-dmv-revokes-worlds-greatest-li... (Virginia's "EATTHE" Children First plate) I think they should have been allowed to keep it, frankly.

moftz 7y ago

They just wouldn't let him renew his vehicle registration unless he changes his vanity plate or goes back to the a random number.

kens 7y ago

Yes, of course they can revoke vanity plates. For example, the story (2002-2004) of the Washington software engineer who spent a couple of years fighting to keep his "GOTMILF" license plate and ended up having it canceled. Ref: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/end-road-gotmilf-license-plate http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/end-road-gotmil...

Scoundreller 7y ago

Ontario Canada has an anesthesiologist with a “FENTANYL” license plate. Was funny in 1995, not so much now. So he went to the DMV and asked them to change it, and they wanted to charge him to do that. He’s like, no, i’m not paying. Eventually he writes a letter to his politician saying “please revoke my license plate” and eventually he gets a letter saying they got a complaint (ie: his) and the DMV wants to revoke his plate. But he had to wait 30 days For the appeal clock to run out, just in case he wanted to appeal his own complaint. Kinda funny, but kinda sad that someone paid $400k+ per year by the government wasted thousands more because he didn’t want to pay the $100 plate change fee. * some details/numbers estimated from memory.

tbyehl 7y ago

My state has legislation about denying / revoking vanity plates and 'It inconveniences our computers' is not a valid reason.