'P16 FKR' among list of rude number plates officially banned by the government

No, you can't put whatever you want on your licence plate.

indy100 sent a Freedom of Information (FOI) to the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), asking about banned licence plates.

Because why not?

The DVLA responded with a long list of prohibited letter combinations.

Writing to indy100 a representative explained why some 'words' were banned:

The Agency’s policy is that registration numbers are withheld from normal issue or from its sales scheme where, if displayed on a number plate, they are likely to cause general concern, offence or embarrassment. The reasons can be on the grounds of political, racial and religious sensitivities or simply that they are regarded as being in poor taste when displayed correctly on a number plate.

We picked out the best ones for you:

(If you see an (*) in the word, it means that it needs one more letter to reach minimum DVLA requirements.)

*B16 BUT

*B16 MUF

*B16 NOB

*B16 SAC

*B16 GAY

EU16 GON

EU16 OUT

EU16 YES

OR16 ASM

PR16 CK*

BU66 ER*

DO66 GER

DO66 SHT

GO66 BLE

OR66 ASM

SH66 AGR

VA66 MUF

VA66 YNA

SU66 DCK

RU66 UUP

RU66 MEE

NO66 ROT

And finally:

*P16 FKR

A spokesperson for DVLA told indy100:

In the last financial year we sold over 334,000 registration numbers and raised more than £102 million for the Treasury.

The bestselling registration ever sold by DVLA, for £400,000 in 2014 was:

25 O

Coming in at a close second, sold for £285,000 in 2009 to who is probably a crazy One Direction fan:

1 D

Well.

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