The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has unveiled its list of banned number plates for 2022.
The DVLA offers tens of millions of registrations on its website, with the agency earning up to £160m a year from people looking to get their own personalised number plate. The agency assesses each request to determine whether the combination of letters and numbers is acceptable - as Birmingham Live reports.
A DVLA spokesman explained the agency hold back "any combinations that may cause offence, embarrassment, or are in poor taste."
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They added: “Many people enjoy displaying a personalised registration number and there are over 50m registrations available on our website with almost endless possibilities of combinations to suit a person’s taste, interests and budget.”
New '22 plates were released on March 1 - and figures show a total of 343 have already been banned by the motoring body. BirminghamLive have revealed the latest set of registrations requests that have been turned down, on the grounds they were too rude or unsuitable.
Among the banned registrations are F22 KER, BA22 TRD, A22 HLE, and TU22 URD. Covid related number plates have also been banned, including CO22 RNA, CO22 ONA and CO22 VD.
The DVLA have also banned two-tone number plates this month. The two tone plates use extra colours to make the letters appear 3D, but plates are now only allowed to display solid black lettering.
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