The ‘71’ number plates banned by the DVLA for being too rude

Registration numbers referring to Covid-19, violence and sex are among the latest number plates banned by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

Anti-American plates, drug references and sequences that spell out racist terms are also among the registration marks that won’t be issued because they are too rude or offensive.

The Covid pandemic has created a new list of problematic plates and among the virus-related registrations being withheld are CO71 VD, CO71 RNA and AN71 VAX.

Political statements are also an issue, with AN71 USA a no-go, along with TA71 BAN and EU71 BAD.

Good old fashioned swear words also cause a headache for the agency, so BO71 LOX, FA71 NNY, **71 WAT and *B71 TCH won’t be appearing on any vehicle this time around.

The DVLA has a standing list of banned letter combinations which are excluded from issue every year. These include *B** UMS, *G** ODS *R** APE, AN** GER and BO** SOM. Any plate ending in SEX, ASS or BUM is an automatic no-no as well.