A sight to behold. Pompano Beach woman gets racy license plate she didn’t ask for

A South Florida woman was surprised to receive a new license plate that she feels carries an inappropriate message.

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Pompano Beach resident Nancy Dello Stritto, who is almost 77 years old, opened her mail to find a license plate reading “SQZ A55.” She told CBS News Miami that the plate, which can be interpreted to spell out a crude phrase, caused her to go “ballistic.”

“I don’t think a senior who is almost 77 will be driving around with a plate that has that to say,” Dello Stritto said. “When I saw that, I went ballistic. I said, ‘How could that pass inspection?’ ”

The plate, which came with her vehicle-registration renewal, has become a topic of conversation at her retirement community, where opinions are split.

While Dello Stritto is unhappy with the configuration, she noted that others, including her sons and their friends, have encouraged her to keep it. She said the current tally is 16-1 in favor of her keeping the plate.

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It remains unclear how the plate was issued. Sometimes, Florida replaces a driver’s old plate every 10 years. The state’s license plates have been manufactured at a prison in North Florida for nearly a century before being distributed through county agencies. Dello Stritto’s plate was mailed from the Broward County Property Tax Collector’s office.

CBS News Miami contacted the office regarding the issue. An office manager confirmed that Broward County will replace a plate deemed offensive for free at the Plantation office.

For now, Dello Stritto plans to keep the plate, though she intends to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about it.

“I’m resigned to it; maybe it was destined for it to be on my car,” she said, adding with a laugh, “I can handle it; maybe I’ll even get some honks.”

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This report was produced by Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami.