'O54MA' car no. plate banned in UK over 'OSAMA' resemblance.Byline: ANI London, November 21 (ANI): Licensing chiefs in Britain have banned all car registration numbers that resemble words associated with terrorism. The authorities took this decision after spotting hundreds of potentially offensive plates, including one with the number O54MA that could be read as 'OSAMA'. There were also numbers plates like HO57AGE that resembled the word 'HOSTAGE', BU58OMB that could be read as 'BUS BOMB', MA56ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture appearing like 'MASSACRE', and HE58OLA that was quite near to 'HEZBOLLAH'. The DVLA DVLA Brit Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency DVLA n abbr (BRIT) (= Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) → organismo encargado de la expedición de permisos de conducir y matriculación de vehículos has made it clear that anything including JEHAD je·had n. Variant of jihad. Noun 1. jehad - a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels international jihad, jihad or HAMAS will also be out. Their blacklist also contains some numbers that the panel thought could prove to be provocative on religious grounds and spark racial hatred, including one reading MO56LEM that resembled 'MOSLEM'. Plates like BOO4ZYY, which may be read as 'BOOZY', has also been banned to discourage drink-driving. "Every number is checked to ensure it doesn't cause offence," British tabloid The Sun quoted a spokesman for the Swansea-based DVLA as saying. Lib Dem transport spokesman Norman Baker, who obtained the list under Freedom of Information laws, said: "Some combinations would be deeply offensive. Baker added: "But it's over the top to ban words about booze and sex. It's a bit nanny state." (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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