# 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:** 67
**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 9, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1321 "2025-05-09T15:47:11Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > **TRTNHIM** on a First Responder plate. No frame or stickers for guidance. > > Truth in Him or Trust in Him, perhaps? Surely not Trout in Him. > > [https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-first-responders.jpg?itok=A9mYHhBP](https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-first-responders.jpg?itok=A9mYHhBP) First responder? I’m guessing Treatin’ Him? ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1322 "2025-05-09T16:11:39Z")
Good one. ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1323 "2025-05-09T23:33:35Z")
I had a three-fer this morning. Traffic was especially bad and I had time to look around while at a standstill. I’m in Big 10 country but seeing a **PNNST8** fan is unusual around here. Mini-van with **MAMMA C** A blue sporty looking something or other with **DNT TRY** … guessing he means don’t try to pass him? ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1324 "2025-05-09T23:56:22Z")
I saw an SUV with a standard FL plate **LRN2SWM**. With a couple of aquatics-related stickers as well. Probably a swimming instructor. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1325 "2025-05-10T07:46:02Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > A blue sporty looking something or other with **DNT TRY** … guessing he means don’t try to pass him? My brother has **DNT WAIT**. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1326 "2025-05-11T04:43:46Z")
**OFRD ADV** : an owner, and a rig, after my own heart **Off-road Adventure** [![](https://i.imgur.com/YltTdEe.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YltTdEe.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/1QUkpOm.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1QUkpOm.jpeg) [[Album] OFRD ADV: an owner, and a rig, after my own heart ![](https://i.imgur.com/oG0NQ2i.jpeg?fb "OFRD ADV: an owner, and a rig, after my own heart") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/0iuIvBu) ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1327 "2025-05-11T17:29:54Z")
Saw **NVRL8** in the Meijer parking lot this morning. Maybe they should have a word with **B1SH0P** who blew through a red light and nearly caused a wreck right in front of me on my way home. Dude must think he has divine protection or something. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1328 "2025-05-11T18:14:24Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Not a custom license plate, but tonight I was behind a car with a license plate frame that read: > > SEDIMENTATION ENTHUSIASTS > ARE ALLUVIAL FANS > > That’s such a nerdy reference even _I_ had to Google it before I got it. Love it! I did a lot of trekking around local deserts with an ex-bf, and we saw a _ton_ of alluvial fans. > [@Bullitt](#): > > The owner is a Navy veteran but the plates aren’t what I thought. He had a pet cat Daisy who he loved dearly, and the plates were for her. Yeah, that was my guess. Saw a ton of neighborhood dogs on my morning walk and pets were on my brain. ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1329 "2025-05-11T22:31:37Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > SEDIMENTATION ENTHUSIASTS > ARE ALLUVIAL FANS The intramural softball team in my college’s geology department was named that. ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1330 "2025-05-11T23:38:49Z")
Saw a standard background FL plate today that had to be personalized but was a total headscratcher. On a newish Range Rover if that’s any hint. The graphic in the middle of a standard FL plate really obscures the 4th character of any custom plate unless you can get real up close & personal. I could not so I’m not 100% sure of what I saw. In order of likelihood… **5TRB⎵2VM** **5TR8⎵2VM** **5TRS⎵2VM** ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1331 "2025-05-11T23:40:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > 5TR8⎵2VM Could be “Straight to Voicemail.” ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1332 "2025-05-12T00:37:37Z")
Almost certainly. Thank you!!. I was stuck on “5 of [something] and 2 of [something else]”. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1333 "2025-05-12T00:39:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Could be “Straight to Voicemail My money is on this one. ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1334 "2025-05-12T15:49:35Z")
Saw this today. It was the FL USMC veteran plate background. Here’s a representative image of that kind of plate: [![](https://rusticplates.com/cdn/shop/files/2024-07-1215.31.22.jpg?v=1721004478) ](https://rusticplates.com/cdn/shop/files/2024-07-1215.31.22.jpg?v=1721004478) The plate I saw had a frame that read “US Marine Corps” across the bottom. The plate text read **IVEVR**. I guess it was. 😉 ---
**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 13, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1335 "2025-05-13T05:44:56Z")
Forever ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1336 "2025-05-13T05:48:43Z")
Spotted on a recent trip to Wal-Mart: **1QTUUUU** I just hope it doesn’t mean “One Cutie For Use.” (“One cutie, four U’s.”) ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1337 "2025-05-13T11:41:29Z")
Yep. Or was my “I guess it was.” a little _too_ subtle? ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1338 "2025-05-13T11:43:05Z")
One cutie for youse? I don’t know my Canadian regional accents very well, but that’d fit in just fine coming from a New Yorker, New Jerseyite, or Pittsburghian. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1339 "2025-05-13T12:32:28Z")
It was probably fine, but for me, sometimes I need a sledgehammer to the head before I catch on. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1340 "2025-05-13T12:59:32Z")
So, in other words, it really was forever for you? 😉 FTR my dad was a Marine. Semper fi! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=68)