It’s possible, but I do remember the story about a man who got a plate that said “ZYKLON B” and drove around with it for several years until somebody who knew what that was reported him.
ETA: Until I saw this link, I didn’t know he’d previously been arrested for racist graffiti.
On the subject of famous-name license plates, I (living and driving in New York City) was once behind a vehicle with the plate “DBRICK” and I am convinced to this day that the driver (or at least the owner) was D’Brickashaw Ferguson, then of the New York Jets.
A software engineer friend has had the plate DEVNULL. I’m also friends with the owner of the NH UNIX plate that’s somewhat famous in a small group of people.
That reminds me of when a local dealership accidentally started using my home address as the address for Honda. When I got a few titles in the mail, I called the dealership and they just didn’t care, like, at all. So I sat back, amused by the situation, as more and more vehicle titles kept showing up.
It was funny until it wasn’t. I started getting parking tickets all over Wisconsin and Illinois mailed to my house. I tried to clear those up with the individual police departments, which was hit or miss. Then collections letters started showing up because the tickets weren’t getting paid. I got a bit more serious about clearing this up when the repo notices started arriving. I was worried a repo person would eventually show up and grab one of the three Hondas in my driveway without checking the VIN.
Feels like false advertising (my poor quality photo from 5+ years ago)
My daily commute schedule used to line up where once or twice a week I’d be at a stoplight behind an old red truck with a pirate flag in the back window and a GOONIES license plate. Was always good for a morning smile.
Years ago I put in for a vanity plate DED BRD (dead bird) because I ran bird dogs, and frequently shot for the local hunt tests & field trials. When I got the letter in the mail telling me that had approved my plate, it was shown as DED BRO (dead bro). Considering that I was living in a rather ethnic part of town at the time, I called DMV rather hurriedly to report this mistake. I can still hear the lady laughing when I explained to her that if that’s the plate they were going to send me, it would cause problems. She assured me it was correct in the computer.
I saw a plate the other day that read MIRALAX. I continue to be stumped as to why a person would want to have such a plate. My best theory is that a woman named Mira who loves lacrosse (commonly abbreviated as “lax”) drives the car.