The Houstonian called the move “overreaching.”
Back in 2019, Texas had over 120,000 personalized plates registered in the state. Safer Hassan had one of them…for three years, bolted to his Lamborghini. That is, until one day when he opened a seemingly random official letter from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The DMV would be canceling his plate.
Does “370H55V” mean anything to you?
If the Texas DMV deems a personalized plate to attempt to “invoke a response” from other drivers, the department will flag and deactivate it, an official told KPRC News.
Hassan’s letter said that the authority determined that his plate, 370H55V, was offensive. In 30 days, the plate’s active status would be revoked. The Lamborghini owner would need to pick a different one or risk driving without valid tags.
If you’re scratching your head over the soundness of the department’s claim, we don’t blame you. “I had it for more than three years without any problem,” Hassan explained in an interview. “People have no idea what that plate means. My closest friends don’t even know.”
It wasn’t the jumble of numbers and letters as-is that caused concern. The DMV claimed that the digits spelled out an offensive word if you flipped the plate over.
Still not getting it? Neither did many viewers, who commented on the news story asking.
Think of a word that starts with “A” and involves a rear-end “pucker.” If you don’t get it now…well, I can’t help you any further.
“I definitely think the state is overreaching their boundaries,” Hassan said. He planned on appealing the DMV letter.
