From URLOVED to NOTSLOW: Connecticut DMV Rejects 361 Vanity Plates

According to CT Insider’s June 5, 2025, update, the DMV turned down around 361 vanity plate requests in 2024. The updated list for 2025 has not been released as of September 2025. We know 361 vanity plate requests were rejected in 2024, and outlets like CT Insider even shared some of the more eyebrow-raising rejections like URLOVED, GR8FUL, and NOTSLOW. 

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One Connecticut driver tried to emblazon their ride with NOTSLOW—a direct message to fellow motorists. Another, maybe a die-hard Mets fan, requested LFGMETS, possibly meaning “Let’s F—ing Go Mets!” But guess what? Both were denied. Why does the DMV reject certain vanity plates: three reasons.

• Already Taken
• Character Rules: Plates can have only seven characters with no sneaky punctuation or special symbols.
• Offensive or Inappropriate...

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For Instance:

• RACEM3 (Inference of race-based content)
• STOLEN (Interpretation could be negative)
• HAHAA (Possibly trivial or deemed inappropriate)
• MONST3R (Could be offensive or already in use)
• URMOM (A classic snark that maybe crosses the line)
• FRACK (Possibly political/profane-ish)
• HIOFFCR (seen as mocking law enforcement.)

The bottom line is the DMV’s official stance is: if it could be misread, misused, or misinterpreted, it gets rejected. In 2024 alone, that meant 361 denied requests—from the silly to the sweet to the snarky.