COLUMBUS, Ohio — You have probably spent a moment or two trying to decode the vanity license plate on the car in front of you. Some are clever. Others are cryptic. And a few push the limits of what the state of Ohio will allow.
Now, what drivers can and cannot put on those plates is at the center of a new federal lawsuit in Ohio.
The case, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, challenges the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ process for approving or rejecting personalized license plates. Three drivers say the state’s rules are inconsistently applied and, in some cases, discriminatory…