DENVER (KUSA) – Some Colorado residents are driving around with questionable personalized license plates, and it turns out some will have to get new plates after their tags were deemed inappropriate.
License plates capture our attention – the ones that are expired, the ones that color coordinate and the ones that show colorful personality.
A viewer reached out to KUSA wanting to know why the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles approved the personalization “GAS-EM” on the back of a Tesla and “KILLARY.”
The DMV did not want to interview about this, but said after review, the department deeply apologizes for the oversight of the offensive plates.
They will be recalled and the customers will be required to return them and choose another.
The DMV said they were approved based on an explanation provided on a form that vehicle owners must fill out when requesting a personalized plate.
Every year, the DMV puts out a list of rejected personalized plate requests.
Two years ago, the DMV rejected “BUBBI,” a term for a Jewish grandmother.
When asked why, the DMV could not find the reason other than it was already on the offensive or omit list, like the word vote.
According to the DMV, 4-letter words are not allowed because the state of Colorado has combinations of four letters and two numbers.
So “VOT-E01″and “VOT-EO1″ will never be randomly issued.
“Vote” itself is not allowed either.
The word, “lesbian” is also on the omit list and so is the word “gay.”
The DMV said they were put on the Do Not Issue List two system conversions ago and the department is open to removing them from the list.
There are plenty of combinations drivers have asked for and been rejected.
“GOT2PEE” was kicked out for being offensive.
If a personalization request is not on the banned list but still might be questionable, three DMV managers review the submission and decide whether to accept or reject it by a majority vote.
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