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Offensive' SN07 car plate banned

Post by skelters » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:06 pm

'Offensive' SN07 car plate banned
Car licence plates which bear the sequence SN07 were banned from the streets of Edinburgh because they are "offensive", it has emerged.
The plate had been due to follow on from the SN56 registration in March.

Licensing officials at the Driver and Vehicle License Agency (DVLA) changed the plate to TN07 to avoid it being similar to the word 'snot'.

The change means that cars registered in the capital are the only ones in Scotland not to begin with an S.

A DVLA spokesperson said the decision to change the plates was taken to avoid offending car buyers in the capital.

She added: "It is our policy that any registration mark that can be construed as being offensive to people will be suppressed.

"In this case, the SN07 marks would have been too similar to the word 'snot' and, as that could possibly offend some buyers, they were replaced with new TN07 registrations."


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/s ... 897494.stm

Published: 2007/07/13 13:46:03 GMT

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Post by sp3ctre » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:29 pm

What a load of bollocks! What HAS the world come to? (or the UK to be specific!)
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Post by WLH » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:30 pm

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Post by spokey » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:43 pm

PA-thetic... :roll:
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Post by zednik » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:44 pm

Hooooray......let's hear three cheers for the Nanny State.... :thumbsdown:
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Post by muppet » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:08 pm

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Post by taffy » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:46 pm

I hate all this pc bollocks, the world is being taken over by lesbians
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Post by sixspeed » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:56 pm

Good job they never saw my mate's plate... "B10 WME....", appropriately spaced... :D
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Post by skelters » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:37 pm

It's the Environmentally Friendly mob that rip my knittin'!

Carbon footprint my a**e. Just another excuse to raise taxes.
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Post by Rick Hunter » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:04 am

I don't get it... what's so offensive about the word snot?
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