For more than 15 years, Wendy Auger drove around Rochester, New Hampshire, with a license plate that made strangers smile.
It read simply: **“PB4WEGO.”**
For Wendy, a mother of four, the meaning was obvious.
“Pee before we go.”
It was the familiar instruction countless parents give their children before climbing into the car for a long trip.
The plate became part of Wendy’s personality.
People noticed it at traffic lights, laughed in parking lots, and occasionally stopped her to compliment the joke.
Then an unexpected letter arrived from the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles.
The state wanted the plate back.
According to the DMV, the personalized message violated rules restricting references to excretory functions.
Wendy couldn’t believe it.
After years of driving with the same plate without a problem, a harmless parenting joke was suddenly considered inappropriate.
The situation seemed even more ironic because New Hampshire proudly carries one of America’s most famous state mottos:
**“Live Free or Die.”**
Wendy wasn’t interested in quietly surrendering something she’d legally displayed for years.
So she shared her story publicly.
Photos of the plate and the DMV notice began circulating online.
People immediately understood the joke.
And many couldn’t understand why officials considered it offensive.
Support poured in.
Some parents joked that “PB4WEGO” wasn’t inappropriate at all—it was practically mandatory parenting advice.
As the story spread beyond New Hampshire, national media outlets began reporting on the unusual dispute.
Suddenly, seven characters on a license plate had become a conversation about bureaucracy, humor, and common sense.
Eventually, the controversy reached New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.
And the governor decided Wendy should keep her plate.
He personally contacted her and explained that the issue had been taken care of, apologizing for what he described as a bureaucratic holdup.
The decision was reversed.
Wendy could keep **PB4WEGO**.
She later celebrated the victory publicly, proudly announcing that the “Sassy Momma” still had her plates.
For Wendy, it wasn’t simply about winning an argument with the DMV.
It was about defending something harmless that had brought people laughter for years.
No complicated political message.
No hidden insult.
Just four words compressed into seven characters:
**Pee before we go.**
And after briefly becoming one of America’s most famous vanity plates, **PB4WEGO** returned to exactly where Wendy believed it belonged—
on her car, making the next driver behind her smile.