The state of New Hampshire wants to flush this vanity plate down the toilet.
A New Hampshire mother is fighting the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to keep her longtime vanity license plate after they had a disagreement about its appropriateness.
Wendy Auger, of Rochester, has had her customized car license plate, which reads “PB4WEGO” for 15 years.
Unlike many other vanity license plates that make the headlines, Auger’s isn’t a political statement, but a common parental phrase. “PB4WEGO” stands for “pee before we go,” which is something every parent out there is sick and tired of telling their kids before any car ride, no matter how short. Yet the DMV is deeming it offensive, under the recent regulation that doesn’t allow references to excretory acts.
Auger is citing her right to free speech in her refusal to turn over the plate. She also says that no one from the DMV contacted her beforehand to ask what it stood for. Last but not least, since when is peeing offensive? She asks.
“Who has a mom or dad or parental figure who hasn’t said that to kids before leaving the house? I’m not the type to sit here with a picket, but come on,” Auger says. “It would just stink if I don’t have it anymore. If I have to take it off the plate, then I’m not going to be able to live free.”
The DMV would not comment on this particular case, because car registrations fall under state privacy laws. However, they did say that all license plates that “do not conform to legal requirements” must be recalled or denied, especially after recent regulations that clearly specify what is deemed offensive.
Stricter criteria for vanity plates were introduced in 2014, when another Rochester resident, David Montenegro, who now legally goes by human, won a Supreme Court case over his right to a vanity license plate that read “COPSLIE.” As a result of the ruling, the DMV highlighted specific criteria that would get your vanity license plate rejected.
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Source: AWM
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