Drivin' Dirty: Filthy Florida License Plates Rejected in 2023

CONMAN 8, P00PIE1, and MR DUI were summarily denied by the license plate review unit.

January 19, 2024

Get your mind out of the gutter, Floridians. New Times graphic via Zazzle

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With a new year ahead, it is time to look back at the nearly 600 personalized license plates that mischievous (perhaps insane?) Floridians tried to slap on their vehicles.

Every year, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles compiles a list of personalized license plate submissions that were rejected for being obscene or otherwise objectionable. The state's Inventory Control Unit has the honor of scouring Urban Dictionary and catching up on the latest slang to ensure abuela does not encounter a filthy license plate on the highway and veer off the road in a state of moral shock.

Applicants have gotten creative over the years with submissions like HLN AUSS and HE1GH H0, but nothing gets past the watchful eye of the review unit.

From the Swifties to the hornballs to the possible criminals, here are some memorable and downright disturbing license plate submissions that were rejected in 2023. (Check out the complete list at the bottom of the article.)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

1. OG GNSTR
2. 75-M0B
3. 716 MFIA
4. 9 GL0CK
5. XC0N1
6. M0BSTER
7. CONMAN 8

Slightly Concerning

1. K1LLR
2. KIDNAPN
3. MURRDER
4. CAN KILR
5. MR DUI
6. I CUT U
7. DIESL0W
8. SH00T3R
9. CH0KAH

High AF

1. 0NMETH
2. 5N0RT
3. R U HIGH
4. ECXTASY

Swifties

1. SWIFTAF

Neighborhood Nazi

1. SWASTIK
2. TRNS KLR
3. DIC-TATR

Horny on I-75

1. VIBR8R
2. WETOUT8
3. 3SUMM
4. U69ME
5. SUKME
6. B1G RACK
7. ERECT10
8. PSY 0PNS
9. LOV SEX

Bodily Functions

1. 1FART
2. SHARTED
3. CUM M1N
4. P00PIE1
5. ICAME
6. SHITZ
7. SKID MKS
8. TURD

Honorable Mentions

1. SH3 NASTY
2. 0TW H0
3. 0LDASF
4. NAST1
5. SAY GAAY
6. 4 FCKSAK
7. ASSWUPR
8. LIL WEWE
9. SL0M0F0

PDF — PLP_Rejected_in_2023.pdf

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Naomi Feinstein is a staff writer of Miami New Times where she primarily focuses on news. Naomi started her career with New Times as an intern from June–August 2019, then worked as a fellow from August 2022 to February 2023 before joining the staff full-time. She graduated from University of Miami where she contributed to the student-run newspaper, The Miami Hurricane. She holds a master’s degree and graduated with honors from the Columbia School of Journalism. In 2021, Naomi was recognized as the College Journalist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists of Florida, and she placed second for Best General News Story in the 2021 Pinnacle Awards.

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