# 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:** 161
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3201 "2026-05-28T15:48:46Z")
**SHANTLS** on a Chevy Tahoe. A shortened version of someone’s name, perhaps? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3202 "2026-05-28T23:41:42Z")
My brain went to “Chantilly Lace” there. Haven’t been going into the office so nothing to contribute lately. Maybe next week. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3203 "2026-05-29T00:13:00Z")
**MYMISTY** SO or maybe the F150 it was on **FMR WI2** Former whizz or wizard ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3204 "2026-05-29T02:26:21Z")
On tonight’s commute: **8DAHIYA** on a plain, white, Hyundai Sonata. No clue. **RUN4IPA** on a California Yosemite specialty plate on a Tesla. I guess he was on a beer run. **BRTATUD** on some crossover. Not sure. “[Something] tattooed?” ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3205 "2026-05-29T02:30:45Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **BRTATUD** on some crossover. Not sure. “[Something] tattooed?” Brat-atude (brat + attitude) ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3206 "2026-05-29T12:10:26Z")
**SHANTLS** : A woman named Chantelle or some variant spelling thereof. It’s a pretty common base name from which African American girls’ unique names are created. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3207 "2026-05-29T16:10:48Z")
**SHANEPH** on some forgettable crossover. I’m guessing someone named Shane with the middle and last initials P.H. **GODBE4U** on a Camaro. I’m not sure if that’s “God be for you” or “God before you”. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3208 "2026-05-29T19:06:17Z")
Some sports fandom, all New York license plates: ORIOLES 7, quite possibly a Baltimore baseball fan STELERZ, definitely a Pittsburgh football fan (license plate holder says “Pittsburgh Steelers”) ROLLTIDE, a UAlabama fan for sure judging by other paraphernalia in addition to the plate. Then there was ERROR444, which I interpret as “the second baseman had a lousy day in the field.” But I could easily be wrong! ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3209 "2026-05-29T20:04:00Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Then there was ERROR444, which I interpret as “the second baseman had a lousy day in the field.” But I could easily be wrong! A 444 error is a type of website error. > **[444 No Response](https://http.dev/444)** > > Understand nginx 444 No Response: how nginx silently drops connections, common configurations, and troubleshooting. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3210 "2026-05-29T20:17:01Z")
**4BROS3** Fo(u)r brothers (something). ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3211 "2026-05-29T21:24:14Z")
I guess that makes sense, even though I’ve only seen 404. What, only the cool kids get 444? 🙂 I kinda like my interpretation better anyway. Still at all, thanks for fighting my ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3212 "2026-05-30T01:14:46Z")
MNTROLL I read mountain roll, but now I’m typing it, I think mountain troll is more likely. 8TH On a vehicle with patriotic advertising for a business. I’m 90 percent sure the driver is former military but I was never at a good angle to read the plate holder. Funniest X0N03O Ixnay on thirty? Something funny based on the Xb thing? And then I realized that the car in front of me had the same kind of pattern with 3’s rather than zeroes. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3213 "2026-05-30T01:16:05Z")
SBLIX Super bowl fifty nine, I assume ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3214 "2026-05-30T01:39:34Z")
I would, too. Very likely a Philadelphia Eagles fan. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3215 "2026-05-30T01:58:27Z")
**WHOSAP2** on a Honda S2000 with a giant rear wing and what sounded like an aftermarket exhaust. “Whose app?” I don’t know why one would as that question, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3216 "2026-05-30T02:33:28Z")
Somewhat off topic, but close enough not to start anther thread. I have a 44 year old Chevy, and under North Carolina law I am allowed to put plates on it from the year of manufacture, Which I have done - they are available at car shows, odd thing there is no provision to document any of it. Nobody can tie that plate, to my car - best I can tell the local turnpike is now free​🤔 ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3217 "2026-05-30T03:28:56Z")
**CLETRAC** on a Kia Soul. A weird spelling of “electric” because all the obvious ones were taken? Does Kia make an electric Soul? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3218 "2026-05-30T06:29:39Z")
Or, looking at it backwards, **CARTEL C**? Today I saw one that every Marine would love: **DOERDI** Semper Fi. Do, or die. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3219 "2026-05-30T13:19:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > **4BROS3** Fo(u)r brothers (something). If it was on a largeishSUV I’d go with “For the brothers three” meaning the owner(s) kids. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/3220 "2026-05-30T13:20:13Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > MNTROLL > > I read mountain roll, but now I’m typing it, I think mountain troll is more likely. Minnesota troll? Montana roll? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=162)