Quebec belatedly introduced vanity licence plates in July, and since then, close to 3,000 requests were turned down by the auto insurance board, for various reasons, according to La Presse Canadienne.
Many of those that were turned down for obvious reasons — like swear words or insults, in various languages. Those centered around the f-word, for instance, were among the rejects.
Other words like ISPEED, 2FAST and FASTER which suggests a willingness to flout the rules of the road were also rejected.
Words which suggest some kind of authority, like POMPIER or PARAMEDIC, also get rejected.
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Among the words that have been able to get past the SAAQ's censors are words like PENIS, VAGINA and ANUS which are legitimate biological terms — though many of the slang terms for those words tend to get rejected.
Trademarked names, like NIKE, also don't pass muster, though PANDA — a brand of children's shoe — did get through, because it's also the name of an animal.
The plates, which cost Quebecers around $250 to get, have so far brought close to $6 million into the government's coffers.