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Is that a custom plate or did somebody get really unlucky with the plate they were given my the OMV/DMV?
Apparently it is not the standard design for an Indiana plate, so it must be a custom. Plus, the chances of randomly getting BOOG88 have got to be pretty small.
The chances are exactly the same as getting any other random number (assuming the '4 letters, two numbers' pattern is allowed in the random pool at all).
The probability of getting BOOG88 is the same as any other random series, but the chances of getting a random series that also has two extremist dogwhistles is very small
Which are also pretty small.
But not impossible.
I'm just imagining the guy that randomly got that license plate with no idea of any possible meaning.
He just can't understand why his car is always the victim of such vandalism. Every time he gets it fixed, he finds it keyed again, or the tires flat, lights smashed...
Sure, I'm not saying this is smoking gun proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, but at the same time, it would be one hell of a coincidence.
Yeah, I'm not saying it was random chance either. I'm just amused by imagining the possibility of some poor sad sack who got it and can't figure out why everyone hates him.
The change for an individual of getting it randomly may be pretty small, but also doesn't matter. The change the OMV/DMV gives out this plate is all that matters.
This. It doesn't matter that this specific guy got it. It matters whether or not it CAN exist. If it CAN exist, then eventually someone will get it.
No, actually impossible.
The "randomly assigned" plates aren't random, they're sequential. They have a pattern, like letter-number-letter-letter-letter-number-number, and they stamp plate after plate to ship out to DMVs to have ready. Every state has a pattern, they look random by design - they only pick certain letters and cycle through the numbers before picking the next run, you won't get something like this on a "random" plate
Party pooper.
It's one of the standard plates. You can choose this plate instead of the one you posted without any additional fee. You have the option to pay $45 to personalize it but you don't have to.
https://www.in.gov/bmv/registration-plates/license-plates-overview/indianas-standard-license-plates/
The link you posted shows the example plate with AAA999. Usually all of the plates of a specific design have a specific schema of letters/numbers. Not sure if this is the case with that particular plate, or if that's just a random example they went with.
Either way, we can't determine a person's affiliation from just that license plate, just use it as a signal to possibly be wary around them.