The DVLA has announced a new raft of rude and controversial number plates that it has banned from being used on British roads.
Every March and September, the organisation blacklists certain number plates to stop mischievous drivers from displaying swear words or rude phrases at the front and rear of their vehicles. Among those banned are references to Covid-19 such as ‘CO22 ONA’ and those which could be deemed offensive such as ‘BE22 END’ and ‘A22 HLE’.
More than 300 number plates in total have been banned by the Swansea -based DVLA, and the updated list comes as new rules are implemented around number plates in general. Plates now have to abide by higher durability standards, meaning they have to be resistant to salt and dirt. You can read about the rudest ever number plates to be banned here.
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Meanwhile, two-tone number plates will be banned enabling Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras to pick up lettering more easily. And newly registered cars will now be given ‘22’ plates, as opposed to ‘71’, as was the case previously. You can get more motoring news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
A list of some of the number plates banned from the roads by the DVLA for 2022:
BA22 TRD
BT22 CHY
BE22 END
A22 HLE
M22 FKR
DR22 NK
BJ22 GAL
TU22 URD
B022 LOX
UP22 0FF
CO22 ONA
AH22 TLR
AT22 SSR
CO22 VD
YE22 WAR
CO22 RNA
SA22 TEN
GO22 HLL
A spokesman for the DVLA said: “The vast majority of registration numbers are made available but the agency holds back any combinations that may cause offence, embarrassment, or are in poor taste. Many people enjoy displaying a personalised registration number and there are over 50 million registrations available on our website with almost endless possibilities of combinations to suit a person’s taste, interests and budget.”
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