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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: CactusCarlos on April 28, 2008, 03:45:11 PM
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http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/04/27/XXXlicenseplate.html
'XXX' plates recalled
After receiving complaints, the DMV has recalled the potentially offensive tags
By Kathryn Kennedy
The Daily Reflector
Sunday, April 27, 2008
More than 9,000 North Carolina license plates have been recalled because they begin with "XXX" — a common symbol for sexually explicit material.
Marge Howell, communications officer for the Department of Motor Vehicles, said DMV Commissioner William C. Gore Jr. made the call Thursday morning after receiving complaints from people who found the letters offensive.
"I don't think anybody really looked at this as a problem," Howell said. "It was just next in the alphabetic stream of things."
At least 1,015 of the plates were distributed before the recall went into effect, but Howell said gathering the remaining stockpile should be easy. They are only available at two bureaus — Greenville's 10th Street location and the branch in Roanoke Rapids.
"Only a few were turned in ... just six that I know of, and I don't know the reasons for those," Howell said. "The commissioner decided this was just something that we didn't need out there."
She added that DMV license plate bureaus will replace any plate considered offensive free of charge.
A Winterville man returned his plate Thursday afternoon, after realizing in the parking lot that he was holding the suggestive prefix.
"I definitely don't want XXX on there," Blake Coghill said. "I'm a youth pastor."
He re-entered the office to complain and emerged 10 minutes later, raising a new plate beginning "XTM" triumphantly above his head.
"They didn't know if they'd be able to replace it today," he explained, smiling, "But they had some back there ... I don't want to be the brunt of somebody's joke."
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http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/04/27/XXXlicenseplate.html
'XXX' plates recalled
After receiving complaints, the DMV has recalled the potentially offensive tags
By Kathryn Kennedy
The Daily Reflector
Sunday, April 27, 2008
More than 9,000 North Carolina license plates have been recalled because they begin with "XXX" — a common symbol for sexually explicit material.
Marge Howell, communications officer for the Department of Motor Vehicles, said DMV Commissioner William C. Gore Jr. made the call Thursday morning after receiving complaints from people who found the letters offensive.
"I don't think anybody really looked at this as a problem," Howell said. "It was just next in the alphabetic stream of things."
At least 1,015 of the plates were distributed before the recall went into effect, but Howell said gathering the remaining stockpile should be easy. They are only available at two bureaus — Greenville's 10th Street location and the branch in Roanoke Rapids.
"Only a few were turned in ... just six that I know of, and I don't know the reasons for those," Howell said. "The commissioner decided this was just something that we didn't need out there."
She added that DMV license plate bureaus will replace any plate considered offensive free of charge.
A Winterville man returned his plate Thursday afternoon, after realizing in the parking lot that he was holding the suggestive prefix.
"I definitely don't want XXX on there," Blake Coghill said. "I'm a youth pastor."
He re-entered the office to complain and emerged 10 minutes later, raising a new plate beginning "XTM" triumphantly above his head.
"They didn't know if they'd be able to replace it today," he explained, smiling, "But they had some back there ... I don't want to be the brunt of somebody's joke."
Damn and here I was hoping to get XXX-069
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My mom had a plate that said something like ABC-666. She took it right back. I don't care how much you scoff at biblical stuff, or if 666 is the right number or not. I wouldn't put it on my car either.
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I have a Florida FCK plate I hold onto for sentimental reasons :-)
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My mom had a plate that said something like ABC-666. She took it right back. I don't care how much you scoff at biblical stuff, or if 666 is the right number or not. I wouldn't put it on my car either.
I got a plate from Michigan that had 666 on it. They asked me if I'd like a differant plate because it might be seen as offensive. It took me several seconds of looking at the plate to figure out what they where talking about. In the end I told them I'd keep it. I figured that if someone is offended by it, then its one of those people who are just looking to be offended.