5280 Magazine – May 2018

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The state’s Division of Motor

Vehicles has 12 vanity plate

reject codes—special symbols

like exclamation points and

dollar signs, for instance,

aren’t allowed. But the most

common cause for denial,

by a Pikes Peak–size margin,

is number six: “Possibly

offensive to the general

public.” So as you plot your

family’s summer road trip,

be thankful the kids won’t

be asking you to explain the

meanings of these 10 plates,

all deemed inappropriate by

the DMV. —SPENCER CAMPBELL

ON*METH

Translation: “Pull me over.”

TITUP

This golf-obsessed

motorist (TEE it up) was the

victim of unintentionally

obscene spelling.

GOCOCKS

Evidently, the DMV is not a fan of

the University of South Carolina’s

mascot, the Gamecock.

HEMP

But it’s legal!

IDNTLKU

Simple. To the point.

EATFLSH

Something we wish we’d

known before cutting off

this descendant of Colorado

cannibal Alfred Packer.

BLDBOMB

The state presumably thought this

driver was a Unabomber-type, not

a Margot Robbie–type.

F*****U

Just one of the many, uh, creative

ways Coloradans have tried to

express this particular sentiment.

REDRUM

The real reason Stephen King

moved away from Boulder: His

Shining reference didn’t make it

past the censors.

OJDIDIT

We sincerely hope this

plate was intended to adorn

a white Ford Bronco.

In Vain

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