Eagle-eyed drivers spot rude number plate illusion hidden in plain sight

14 March 2024 , 11:53

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People were left shocked at what the registration plate actually said (Image: Facebook)

Car fanatics often dream of having a personalised number plate - but one driver has left people in stitches with their creative choice of digits.

The hilarious driver has gone viral on social media after they cleverly disguised a very rude word within their number plate - and you'll likely be staring at it for ages trying to work out what it is.

The picture was posted on Facebook, and was taken in a Perth shopping centre car park. At first glance, the number plate doesn't appear to mean anything at all. It just looks like your bog-standard offering. But on closer inspection, you'll spot a rather cheeky message.

Can you work out what this number plate is meant to say? (Facebook)

The combination of '370HSSV' seems completely innocent, right? But when you look at it upside down, you'll discover it actually reads 'a**hole', leaving people in hysterics.

After finally getting it, commenters branded the plate "absolutely hilarious", "impressive", and "brilliant", according to the Daily Mail. Some admitted they'd struggled to see it until they "flipped" their device, and another shared that it was a "cunning trick", noting that number plates that are deemed offensive usually get banned.

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In the UK, many number plates have been banned by the DVLA for being too rude. These plates include SH15 TTY, P15 OFF, WA15 TED, and JE55US.

Censorship decisions are taken by members of a DVLA steering group, who decide which number plates are the most offensive, and should therefore be banned. However, some naughty registration plates slip through the net, as someone is driving around with the reg BO11 LUX. In Australia, banned registration plates include RAMP4GE, and BUYAGRAM, which refers to purchasing drugs.

Of course, if you want to obtain a private plate, you must pay for it, and the most expensive DVLA registration ever sold was '25 O' which reached £400,000 (excluding fees and taxes) on 27 November 27 2014.

Danielle Kate Wroe