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Man's joke vanity plate backfires big-time

submitted by Gratefulmom

8 years ago

Via YouTube: Man's joke vanity plate backfires big-time
Washington, D.C. driver Danny White thought he had a really good idea for a joke. But the joke's on him--to the tune of $20,000, reports local affiliate NBC4.

White's prank started 25 years ago when he got a vanity license plate reading, "NO TAGS." He told NBC4 that he was "Just having fun!" and that "D.C. don't get the joke. They don't get it."

The issue? Each time a car without proper identification is cited for a violation, a DMV employee enters "NO TAGS" into their paperwork. Because White's vanity plate is registered with the District of Columbia's DMV, his name and vehicle appear in the computer's system whenever a "NO TAGS" violation is entered. Notices for the fines are then mailed to White's residence.

16 Comments

jokingly says...

Saw this, still wondering why he hasn't changed the plates.

I agree, seems like he likes the attention

Saw this, still wondering why he hasn't changed the plates.

*promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 4:53am PDT - promote requested by Mordhaus.

Thank you

*promote

FlowersInHisHair

It seems like there's an easy answer.

*quality *controversy

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by MrFisk.

Adding video to channels (Controversy) - requested by MrFisk.

Give that man a job in software QA.

00Scud00 says...

The fact that they'll shoot down any number of cool but possibly offensive ideas for personal plates but then let this one slide on through boggles the mind. I wonder if I asked for plates that just said "Null" would it even go through the system.

I've never heard of a license plate being called a "tag" before.

MilkmanDan says...

Right after he legally changes his name to:

Robert'); DROP TABLE taxpayers; --');

Give that man a job in software QA.

I always thought this was an urban myth.

Spacedog79 jokingly says...

Why would he change when he can park anywhere he wants and when the ticket comes through go to court and claim it was yet another mix up?

Saw this, still wondering why he hasn't changed the plates.

I'm 99% sure this is why he went for the plates to begin with. He probably thought they just dump "no tags" tickets. They probably did, too. Unfortunately he just gave them a valid place to attach all of them.

Spacedog79said:

Why would he change when he can park anywhere he wants and when the ticket comes through go to court and claim it was yet another mix up?

Thank you

*quality *controversy

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