Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the rightful owner of a very unique set of licence plates.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said in a tweet Saturday that the stolen license plates dawning 鈥楳R SEXY鈥� were recovered in Mississauga attached to a Maserati.
According to Schmidt, the 17-year-old behind the wheel was pulled over after they were spotted speeding at 150 kilometres an hour.
Are these yours?....Looking for the rightful owner of
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They were unlawfully attached to a Maserati driven by a 17 year old G2 driver going 150km/hr in Mississauga.... 馃え
This isn鈥檛 the first time 鈥� and probably won鈥檛 be the last 鈥� that head-turning license plates have made Canadian headlines.
In 2013, the Canadian Taxpayer Federation obtained a list of 鈥渧anity鈥� plates that had been turned down by B.C鈥檚 insurance corporation, ICBC, through a freedom of information request.
The rejects included a number of combinations deemed offensive, suggestive, political or simply not in good taste.
Of the 2,193 plates turned down by the Crown corporation, BEER ME, OVRKLL, LMAO, HAMSTER and 4 JESUS were just a few.
A Manitoba man had his plate that read ASIMIL8 confiscated by Crown-owned Manitoba Public Insurance in 2017, after two Indigenous people complained the word 鈥渁ssimilate鈥� is offensive because of the long history of government assimilation policies.
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But Nick Troller said at the time his plate refers to the catchphrase 鈥測ou will be assimilated鈥欌�� that is used on 鈥淪tar Trek: The Next Generation鈥� by aliens called the Borg, who absorb their enemies into a hive-like collective.
A man in Nova Scotia has also gone to court over a personalized licence plate. Lorne Grabher has been trying to reinstate his by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles following an anonymous complaint.
With files from The Canadian Press
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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