A car registration plate was purchased by a cheeky driver with BO11 LUX from the DVLA but he has been ordered by the same group to remove it. Alan Clarke paid £399 to get the plate through the government agency’s website to place on his Range Rover. Six weeks later he received a letter in the post from the same DVLA demanding he remove it because of it causing offence.
The director of a company was told he could face a fine of £1,000. But the Chesterfield resident said he was not backing down, the plate is his and he is not taking it off. He was told it was causing offence and he had to take it off other wise they were threatening to criminalize him.
He said they were a government agency and the plate was on their own site. He said he saw it there and purchased it thinking how fun it would be to put on his new vehicle. It is funny he said, everyone laughs when they read it. He says he received a normal plate to change it with but sent it back.
The DVLA says they try to stay on top of combinations that may cause offence and stop them before anyone gets them. When a potentially offensive plate makes it through our net, we have steps we take to withdraw it. Since the plate is officially withdrawn it is an offence to still have it displayed.
