THE DVLA has banned hundreds of number plates it deems to be too offensive — including pro-Brexit ones such as EU75 OUT as well as AU75 WTZ.
Ahead of the “75” reg launch on September 1, the agency released a list of 436 not allowed.
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Motorists caught driving with them could be fined up to £1,000 and given a failed MOT.
To avoid provocative references to political issues such as EU membership, plates such as EU75 OUT, EU75 SHT, EU75 WAR and EU75 YES are barred.
To avoid encouraging criminal behaviour, the combinations LE75 KLL (Let’s kill), as well as MU75 DER (Murder) are also on the banned list.
The plates AU75 WTS and AU75 WTZ are also outlawed as they could be seen as a reference to the Nazis’ Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
Also banned are the rude combinations BA75 TRD, BA75 SHT and SH75 TTY.
Last September, private number plates seller RegTransfers also reported that 210 specific character combinations would be censored.
Its chief executive Mark Trimbee said: “These bans ensure that number plates on the road aren’t ones that could be translated into something inflammatory, offensive, insulting, obscene or otherwise problematic.”
He added: “There are almost always some, however, that might take a bit of deciphering but the DVLA has to err on the side of caution.”