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Teen Suing DMV for Making Him Remove Makeup to Get His License
Jay Hathaway · 09/02/14 01:52PM
A South Carolina 16-year-old is suing the state Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming he was told to remove his makeup before he could have his driver's license photo taken.
New Jersey Man Arrested After Showing Up Drunk for His Road Test
Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/19/13 11:52PM
A New Jersey man was arrested last week after he attempted to take a road test while intoxicated.
Bus Driver With 'Not See' License Plate Turns Out to Be a Nazi
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/14/13 05:50PMNew Jersey DMV Refuses to Let Pastafarian Take Driver’s License Photo with Spaghetti Strainer on His Head
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/20/13 01:35PM
A devout member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster had the cops called on him by employees at a Dayton, New Jersey, Motor Vehicle Commission facility after he demanded to be allowed to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver's license photo.
Ashton Kutcher Is Suing the DMV. Sometimes You Have to Root for No One.
Caity Weaver · 06/20/12 08:57PM
Ashton Kutcher's production company filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the California Department of Motor Vehicles for breach of contract.
Florida's Best Banned License Plates
Lauri Apple · 09/30/11 05:15AM
Recently the California Department of Motor Vehicles released a list of 100 vanity plates they rejected as part of their efforts to keep California classy. Not to be outdone, Florida's DMV has released its own list of banned plates—and it's way more scatological and private-partcentric than California's.
California DMV Shuts Down After Student Crashes Into It
Seth Abramovitch · 07/27/11 02:01AM
If you're going to fail your driving test, you might as well go out with a bang — and a crash, directly into the Department of Motor Vehicles. That's what happened to a male driving student (not the one pictured) who rammed his car into the side of the Roseville, Ca., DMV on Monday evening when he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.
Watch a Man Plow Through the DMV Right After Passing His Driving Test
Matt Cherette · 10/15/10 01:19PMYesterday, we learned that a 34-year-old man slammed a car through a Bridgeville, Pennsylvania DMV office moments after passing his driving test, causing minor injuries to himself and three others. Now, we have raw video of the classically ironic event.
Phone Sex Takes Over DMV's Old Phone Number
Maureen O'Connor · 09/17/10 03:28PM1-800-DIAL-DMV used to connect you to New York State's Department of Motor Vehicles. Now it directs people to a lady who moans, "You're so big baby, wanna pull it out and watch it explode all over my beautiful backside?"
DC Area Chooses Appropriate Nickname
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/10 10:35AM
Lots of cities choose nicknames that are "appealing" or "attractive." Not Washington, DC. No, Washington—a.k.a The District, a.k.a The Urrrea, a.k.a. The Once And Future Murder Capital—has smartly named itself after a ferociously unpopular bureaucracy.
'Bioch' and 'Eat Ass': A Tale of Two Hilarious DMV Snafus
Adrian Chen · 05/19/10 06:30PM
There are few things funnier than bureaucratic mix-ups that result in vulgar things appearing on official documents. Today brings two hilarious DMV mistakes which resulted in "biotch" and "eat ass" on a license plate and a driver's license, respectively!
Internet Ruins Racist Pickup Truck's Fun
Richard Lawson · 04/22/10 10:24AM
Tragedy in America: A nice patriot from Virginia whose truck had a very patriotic paint job, has been stripped of his right to license plate free speech. The plates carried a coded White Power message, citing Hitler and David Lane.