What the ...? DMV offers license plate replacement
RALEIGH The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday the state
Division of Motor Vehicles has notified nearly 10,000 holders of
license plates with the letter combination. Officials learned last
year the common acronym stands for a vulgar phrase in e-mail and
cell phone text messages.
But this week, the DMV officials got another surprise when they
learned the same letters appeared on the agency's own Web site on a
sample personalized plate.
"I can't believe it," DMV Commissioner Bill Gore said Monday
when told about the online glitch. "Obviously, I didn't know it
was there."
Officials are working to remove the sample plate.
The "WTF-5505" used on the Web site's sample plate was the
first random letter combination available when DMV switched from
blue- to red-lettered plates, officials said. DMV spokeswoman Marge
Howell received a sample plate WTF-5506 to use as a prop for news
stories about the switch.
A 60-year-old technology teacher from Fayetteville complained
about the plate last July after her teenage grandchildren clued her
in.