Prohibited plates: forbidden words on cars.

AuthorWalker, Jesse
PositionCitings - Brief article

IF YOU want a personalized license plate in Maryland, you shouldn't bother asking for DAAAMN. GAY and LESBIAN are out too, and so are COP and CIA. And don't even think about KILLER, MURDERI, or GOPOSTL. They're all on the state's constantly updated "objectionable plate list," along with more than 4,600 others.

The Baltimore Sun acquired the current version of the list in August and posted a sampling of the banned words online. Broadly speaking, you can't get a term on your plate that's meant to deceive people (so no MAYOR or FEDCOP), that alludes to something illegal (so no MAFIA or DEALER), that is...

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