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Maryland bans 4,900 vanity license plates, ‘WTFOMG’

WASHINGTON 鈥 Some of the 4,900 forbidden vanity license plates in Maryland are scatological, suggest violence, glorify drug use, or are overly sexual 鈥 regardless of why, they鈥檝e all ended up on the Motor Vehicle Administration鈥檚 鈥淥bjectionable Plate List.鈥

Maryland鈥檚 MVA has approved more than 75,400 vanity plates, according to , which included a link to .

Some of the plates are mildly scatological 鈥 鈥淥LDFART.鈥 Others include abbreviations that are popular online, yet at least slightly inappropriate 鈥 鈥淲TFOMG.鈥

References to drugs, including 鈥淟UDES,鈥 are on the banned list, as are dozens of varieties and spellings including the word 鈥渒iller.鈥

Insert a body part after the first three characters 鈥淕R8,鈥 and it likely ends up on the objectionable list.

Sexual braggadocio 鈥 including 鈥淕IGOLO鈥 is forbidden.

In addition, most references to sexual orientation are on the objectionable list, including 鈥淕AY鈥 and 鈥淕AYLOVE.鈥

In the case of 鈥3MTA3,鈥 the plate is apparently rejected because of how it would look in a rear view mirror.

Vanity plates in Maryland can contain a message between two and seven characters, cost $50 per year, and take up to six weeks to be delivered.

Neal Augenstein

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