Personalized tag designed to be hard to read

[omnicide]

Has anybody tried getting a personalized license plate designed to be confusing like say random string of the number 0 and the letter O.

"O00O0OO" or using the letter I and the number 1

"1I1II1I"

?

[lordhamster]

Has anybody tried getting a personalized license plate designed to be confusing like say random string of the number 0 and the letter O.

"O00O0OO" or using the letter I and the number 1

"1I1II1I"

?

If you go to the Ohio BMV you can actually set up a personalized plate online. Ones like that don't work.

[omnicide]

I bet we could come up with something that would be confusing and still be allowed by the BMV.

[lordhamster]

I bet we could come up with something that would be confusing and still be allowed by the BMV.

Yeah, this is a great idea. My plate is personalized and I came up with a dictionary word... so mine is very very easy for passerby to remember. After I got the plate I kindof regretted the decision.

Regular plates in ohio have three letters and three numbers.
ABC-123 for exmaple.

The separation and the fact the numbers and letters are grouped make them easy to remember. I think a plate like
A63BC2 would be much harder to read quickly and to remember.

Next time I'll get a plate like that

[omnicide]

Yeah, in my state they use the format ABC-123

so you would want to substitute numbers for similar letters and letters for similar numbers.

1=I
2=Z
5=S (good one)
8=B
0=O

so a you could get a tag like 01Z-7SO. The hope would be that they get confused and read it as OIZ-750 since they were expecting the XXX-YYY format where X=letter and Y=digit. I think it would work. I know I would have a hard time reading it on a moving vehicle.

[lordhamster]

Ok, I've checked the Ohio BMV site, and it says:
ZERO (Ø) MUST ALWAYS BE LED OR FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER NUMBER 1-9.

Other than that it says nothing.

so
I101I1O

seems like a good one, but when I tried it I got


The following information has been returned regarding your request:
The sequences of characters you are trying to request do not meet the reserve standards. Please try again, visit your local Deputy Registrar’s office or call 1-866-868-0006. or E-mail

Try yourself on http://www.oplates.com/

[omnicide]

yeah, i've tried some already. i'll post one when i find a really good one. one thing that i noticed is that there is no difference between O and 0. When you get one that works it displays a picture of the tag so you'll have a good idea if it'll work.

[lordhamster]

yeah, i've tried some already. i'll post one when i find a really good one. one thing that i noticed is that there is no difference between O and 0. When you get one that works it displays a picture of the tag so you'll have a good idea if it'll work.

Yeah thats why I like that site.. its not bad for a government site.

[bogey]

Has anybody tried getting a personalized license plate designed to be confusing like say random string of the number 0 and the letter O.

"O00O0OO" or using the letter I and the number 1

"1I1II1I"

?

My plate reads "Wasntme"

bogey

[Cerberus]

Has anybody tried getting a personalized license plate designed to be confusing like say random string of the number 0 and the letter O.

"O00O0OO" or using the letter I and the number 1

"1I1II1I"

?

not sure in which state this is not allowed, but in OH, you can't have a persn. plate that starts w/ letter "F" (i wonder why.. :roll: )... i also read that there was a case where this one lady wrote (i believe) b-i-t-*** backwards and she got her plate; however, after some time, the cops caught on and told her she had to change her plate due to 'faul language'...

btw - OH BLOWS!! can't wait to move outta this pilgrim state...