Wednesday 29 June 2011

Bollocks


A wonderful example of an unaccountable bureaucracy at work. DVLA willingly sell the following number plate to a customer, Mr Clarke (apparently "it slipped through the net"):
BO11 LUX
Then they decided that because in their view it causes offence they will persecute the chap who purchased it from their own website:
They said it was causing offence and I had to remove it, and they are threatening to criminalise me. But they are a government agency and they put the plate on their own website for anyone to buy so it's 100 per cent legal.
'I would love to know what offence I am committing as they haven't told me. I have got the receipt for the plate, the registration document and the vehicle is fully taxed and insured so I'm at a loss to see what the problem is.
Cue the usual official threatening letters:
But within six weeks, he received a stern letter from the DVLA telling him the plate was 'causing offence' and ordering him to remove it from his vehicle.

The DVLA says it is an offence for it to still be displayed.
Perhaps DVLA don't appreciate that there is a legal precedent for use of this word - Mr Clarke should take them on.

4 comments:

  1. On the basis that the letters CAM E RON are causing such an offence to people, perhaps they too should banned?

    Just asking.............

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  2. Looks like the gentleman at the DVLA is a BE11 END.

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  3. @WfW Indeed, I bet having that number plate gets you off speeding points though.

    @hangemall - like it

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