Avanity license platecan say a lot about a driver , including whether or not they partake the same taste in humor as your average fifth grader . In North Carolina , that could signify having your plate overturn because it enjoin “ FARTSM . ”
According toThe Charlotte Observer , Asheville resident and software developer Karly Sindy is presently engaged in a dust - up with the state ’s Department of Motor Vehicles ( DMV ) over the “ FARTSM ” plate , which the agency issued to her in October 2021 . Sindy told theObservershe requested the custom plate as a lark — one which passersby seem to find amusing . ( The “ SM ” in the plate suffer for Smoky Mountains . )
“ A hatful of metre , I come up to my car and someone ’s take a characterisation of it , ” Sindy said . “ And hoi polloi driving by will give me a huge thumb - up . And I have a 7 - year - old daughter and I plunk her up at school — it ’s the most popular truck , the fart motortruck . ”
While 7 - yr - old were entertained by Sindy ’s fart truck , the DMV was not . In February 2022 , Sindy received a letter from the department saying someone had lodged a ailment about the vanity plate and called it “ offensive and in miserable taste . ”
ab initio , the DMV told Sindy she could write in and excuse why the crustal plate had personalized significance for her . She and some online commenters came up with a shell governance , Friends of Asheville Recreational Trails , or FART , to argue it was an acronym .
While clever , it appears she wo n’t have the chance to give it . The federal agency has since differentiate theObserverthat “ FART ” was part of their do - not - issue list and was discharge on stroke . ( Much like some farts , but we digress . ) Several states have such lists , which ban the use of plates like ASSCLWN , MCBOOB , SEXBUS , and others .
[ h / tThe Charlotte Observer ]
