# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 146
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2901 "2026-04-13T00:51:45Z")
Mac OS. That’s likely it! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2902 "2026-04-13T16:07:37Z")
This morning: **ZZ0ZZ** on a Mazda3. Likely doesn’t mean anything, the owner just thinks Zs are cool. There was a frame that read “Always take the detour”. **USA UMP** on a Cadillac crossover. An umpire, I presume. Don’t know if the “Fletcher Jones Las Vegas” frame has anything to do with it. **BD PLT** on a Subaru. There was a BloodSource license plate frame, so based on that I’m guessing “blood donor something”, and that the driver is a medical technician who takes blood donations. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2903 "2026-04-13T16:32:44Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **ZZ0ZZ** on a Mazda3. Likely doesn’t mean anything, the owner just thinks Zs are cool. There was a frame that read “Always take the detour”. FWIW, Mazda used to have ads based on “Zoom, Zoom”. Maybe it’sa play on that? My brother used to have a Mazda RX-8 and he got Texas plates **Z8M Z8M**. That was pretty clever! > [@WildaBeast](#): > > **BD PLT** on a Subaru. There was a BloodSource license plate frame, so based on that I’m guessing “blood donor something”, and that the driver is a medical technician who takes blood donations. I’m a regular blood products donor with about 200 donations on my score card. PLT = platelets. So perhaps it’s Blood Donor, Platelets. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2904 "2026-04-13T16:44:20Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **USA UMP** on a Cadillac crossover. An umpire, I presume. Don’t know if the “Fletcher Jones Las Vegas” frame has anything to do with it. Fletcher Jones is a big auto dealership in Las Vegas. I bought from them when I lived there. I doubt it means more than that’s where they bought the car. Actually, now looking it up I see Fletcher Jones is a two-state auto-sales _Empire_: **[Fletcher Jones Locations | CA, NV](https://www.fletcherjones.com/locations/)** Scored a couple yesterday: - **KS4G** on a FL standard plate on a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. No clue what that means. - **CURE⎵T1D** on a FL standard plate on a generic sedan. Had me scratching my head for a few minutes but I bet it’s “Cure type 1 diabetes”. Sounds like a noble if unlikely goal. Congenital auto-immune disfunction is a very complicated topic medical science is very far from getting a grip on. - **NU⎵76⎵VT** on a FL standard plate on an Escalade mongo SUV. Had me scratching my head until I got close enough to see the Norwich University license plate frame. Which happens to be in Vermont. Class of '76 would make the owner about age 71 now. See **[Norwich University - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwich_University)**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2905 "2026-04-13T19:42:41Z")
Saw **R MORTIS** in the Target parking lot and **M1LL1E** on the “pet friendly” specialty plate. Assuming the first one is someone in the mortuary field and the second is a pet’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2906 "2026-04-13T21:03:09Z")
**SICKNHZ** Sick and hurts ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2907 "2026-04-13T21:42:47Z")
Just scored a Tesla Model S with **VFAS**. For bonus coolitude he had an LED chaser thing attached to the lower center of the windshield. The lights went back and forth continuously just like the original 1980s version of > **[KITT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KITT)** > > KITT or K.I.T.T. is the common name of two fictional characters from the action franchise Knight Rider. KITT is an artificially intelligent electronic computer module in the body of a highly advanced robotic automobile. The original KITT is known as the Knight Industries Two Thousand and appeared in the original TV series Knight Rider as a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. The second KITT is known as the Knight Industries Three Thousand and appeared in the rebooted Knight Rider TV series and it... The driver was far too young to have seen that series in the original. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2908 "2026-04-13T21:50:21Z")
Damn. To decide to advertise that on a plate it’s gotta pretty well define their personality. Damned shame. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2909 "2026-04-14T04:35:11Z")
**1FSTCAB** , A yellow Camaro. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2910 "2026-04-14T16:11:59Z")
Last night I saw **STIKKS** on a California arts council plate on a Lexus SUV. They’re a big fan of the band Styx? They live way out in the sticks? I don’t recall any stickers or anything for context. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2911 "2026-04-14T16:13:13Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > They’re a big fan of the band Styx? They live way out in the sticks? Could be a drummer, too; “Sticks” is a common nickname for drummers. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2912 "2026-04-14T16:46:47Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **PT PONY** — on a 1965 Mustang. Pint Pony? Pet pony? As in, what they wished for as a child and now have? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2913 "2026-04-14T16:51:41Z")
Yeah that’s better. Pet Pony. So far: **STI6** on a Subaru STI **YES JAZZ** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2914 "2026-04-14T17:58:36Z")
Saw what I think was **JOVAD** on a cute little blue Mini-Cooper this morning. Not quite sure because I’ve mentioned before that it’s hard to tell zeroes from O’s from D’s on Indiana plates. Then I saw the driver of said cute little blue Mini-Cooper. Tattooed buff looking dude with a military style buzzcut haircut… 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2915 "2026-04-14T17:59:37Z")
More: **STAN 105** almost sounds like an FM radio station **Z MOCHA** **NINEY** **GENNNY** on a Hyundai Genesis; if her name is Jenny that’d make it extra clever **CHAN UK** ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2916 "2026-04-15T01:01:20Z")
**MR ZUZU** **Z MOCHA** again. On the afternoon commute, after seeing it on this morning’s commute. I’m done for the day. I’m home now and don’t anticipate stepping out again. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2917 "2026-04-15T05:12:41Z")
On a big, black Ford pickup: **DZLQ33N.** Diesel Queen, I’m guessing. They were in front of me only briefly and it was dark, so I couldn’t see the driver… ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2918 "2026-04-15T12:04:49Z")
I see many, almost on a daily basis, but I have been too distracted? lazy? or **BUZ1** to post them. It seems to be my **IN8␣N8UR** to try to insert humor into almost any situation, some of my colleagues think it is a **BLSING** others that I have a **LOOSCRW**. I did not stop the **LOST␣TXN** or **DREWLEE** to ask what they thought, which it good because they might have just said **GET** (a1) **WAY**. For me it just a way to **B␣SANE** in this world where the US government is seeking out **DWOK1** and targeting **T3RH4N**. Well that is all for now so I won’t be **L84WRK**. I will post again **L8R**. `//i\\` 1The “a” in this case came form the license plate design which features a Gadsden flag making the coiled snake appear in between the GET and WAY. Personally, from a distance that design looks like a cow manure pile since you can’t make out it is a snake until you get close enough. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2919 "2026-04-15T16:18:35Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Personally, from a distance that design looks like a cow manure pile since you can’t make out it is a snake until you get close enough. Gadsden flag: [![](https://www.flagstoreusa.com/Customer-Content/www/products/Photos/Full/HistoricalFlag-Gadsden-Dont-Tread-on-Me-Rattlesnake.jpg) ](https://www.flagstoreusa.com/Customer-Content/www/products/Photos/Full/HistoricalFlag-Gadsden-Dont-Tread-on-Me-Rattlesnake.jpg) Poop emoji: [![](https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/poop-emoji.jpg) ](https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/poop-emoji.jpg) Not too different. At least the poop has a happy friendly demeanor. Gadsden not so much. So when I see one of those yellow traitor flags I just mentally paste a poop emoji in the center. Soo much happier. [Sorry those images are so big. I couldn’t find any of a reasonable size; it was teeny icons or page-fillers.] ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/2920 "2026-04-15T16:35:54Z")
This morning: **ARCHRFM** on a Rivian. We were in the city of Folsom, CA at the time, which is sometimes abbreviated FM. So I’m guessing the driver is an archer who lives in Folsom. Unless “Archer FM” is the name of a radio station. There was also a frame that read “The stars shine brighter in Truckee, CA”. So there’s a slight possibility it’s got something to do with Truckee or maybe astronomy, but I am sticking with my explanation. **MISSRGP** on a Mercedes sedan. Looks like we’ve got a beauty queen here (although I didn’t get a look at the driver), or at least a wannabe beauty queen. There was even a sparkly frame that I’m guessing was meant to evoke a tiara. Not sure what RGP means, though. Is that a common abbreviation for a place, or something else? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=147)