TheBirdie72
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In Rhode Island, we’ve been SOL for years when it comes to vanity license plates…
Vanity plate applications have been on hold since February 2021, when a federal judge ruled that the Division of Motor Vehicles policy on offensive plates was unconstitutional.
According to our local news, the RI ACLU filed suit on behalf of a guy that had the plate FKGAS, and the state tried to recall it from him. Apparently, the vehicle’s owner, Sean Carroll, said that the plate was short for “fake gas,” but the state disagreed - after he already had the plate.
So yup, this Tesla owner… ?
Leave it to one electric vehicle guy to ruin it for the rest of us Dino-juicers.
I mean, I get the whole freedom of speech deal, and of course I support it as one of our fundamental American rights. And yes, the DMV should not have given him the plate in the first place if they didn’t want it out there. Trying to take it back after the fact seems wrong to me…
But if I knew that by litigating against the state, I might deprive thousands of other Rhode Islanders from customizing their vehicles and enjoying them like people in any other state, I would’ve backed down and just got a different / reworded plate. I mean, come on. ?
Vanity plate applications have been on hold since February 2021, when a federal judge ruled that the Division of Motor Vehicles policy on offensive plates was unconstitutional.
According to our local news, the RI ACLU filed suit on behalf of a guy that had the plate FKGAS, and the state tried to recall it from him. Apparently, the vehicle’s owner, Sean Carroll, said that the plate was short for “fake gas,” but the state disagreed - after he already had the plate.
So yup, this Tesla owner… ?
Leave it to one electric vehicle guy to ruin it for the rest of us Dino-juicers.
I mean, I get the whole freedom of speech deal, and of course I support it as one of our fundamental American rights. And yes, the DMV should not have given him the plate in the first place if they didn’t want it out there. Trying to take it back after the fact seems wrong to me…
But if I knew that by litigating against the state, I might deprive thousands of other Rhode Islanders from customizing their vehicles and enjoying them like people in any other state, I would’ve backed down and just got a different / reworded plate. I mean, come on. ?
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