Before there was Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, there were personalized license plates–the proto-tweet, in a sense, limited to 7 characters instead of 140. Since vanity plates were introduced in ...

A Tennessee license plate was revoked because it may have referred to sexual domination. The Supreme Court has declined to ...

Q: Dear Professor Honk: I saw a license plate today in Fountain Valley with a thinly veiled curse word and a politician’s name. Of course it’s popular to hate some politicians, but is it really ...

We see them every day and every vehicle has one. Today we have a little news and history about license plates. People drive the most miles in the summer months so here’s a few things to consider while ...

LOS ANGELES − The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued an apology Thursday for printing a personalized license plate that appeared to mock the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, though ...

A California driver named Isis pushed back against the state’s request to change the controversial configuration she’s had on her personalized license plate for three years. Last week, the California ...

What's the deal with so many people ordering vanity plates? We see them all the time and often find ourselves riding behind someone who's identified themselves with names like "PUG MOM 2" or "OB1KNOB.

A NASCAR fan with a racing-related (and non-offensive) vanity plate in 2014. Like thousands of other Californians who apply for vanity license plates, Jonathan Kotler’s application was rejected.

The "humble" vanity plate is one of the easiest ways to customize a vehicle. Tons of people have used them to put things like their names and jobs, or other short seven-character messages, on the back ...

LOS ANGELES -- A personalized California license plate that appeared to mock last year's Oct. 7 attack on Israel has been misinterpreted and has a completely different meaning, the car owner's son ...

Under California Vehicle Code Section 4464 (CVC 4464), your license plate has one job: be completely, mistakenly visible. When vehicle owners attempt to get creative with those front and back plates — ...