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That's some VA boys for ya...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - With bright red painted skin, spray-on hair and oversized fake teeth, the men looked like something from outer space. But the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles gave them driver's licences all the same.
Now its the state's turn to be red-faced after videos of the prank hit the Internet.
The department has since ordered the men to pose for new licence photos or lose their driving privileges.
Posted on the video-sharing website Youtube.com, the video features Will Carsola spray-painting his face and neck bright red and Dave Stewart painting the top of his head black and sticking fake buckteeth in his mouth in an Asian caricature. They each enter the DMV office and return with real licences, featuring photos of their new likenesses.
"We were like, 'There's no way this is going to work,' " Stewart said. "Even when I did the kung fu guy, it surprised me how little they laughed. Will had red skin and they didn't even tell him to come back when it was normal."
In another video, a shaven-headed Carsola comes out of the DMV with a photo of his eyes crossed, and another friend gets a licence after spray-painting on a thick, black beard and single eyebrow.
The independent filmmakers, both 27, did the pranks as part of a new movie, "and it escalated from there," Stewart said. The men have agreed to get new licences.
DMV spokesman Bill Foy said their action was not illegal because they did not obscure their appearance with hats or sunglasses, but they did abuse the system.
"Using a disguise while obtaining a driver's licence is not a joke," Foy said.
The state agency will consider tightening its rules regarding customers suspected of being in disguise or distorting their appearance.
But Foy said it means walking a fine line to have DMV employees determine whether a customer "looks right."
"Would we never ask a cancer patient why her wig doesn't look right, or ask a teen with severe acne if that's the way he wants to look?" Foy said.
Stewart said it was obvious the oversized plastic teeth and spray-painted face were not physical disfigurements, and he speculated that apathetic DMV workers probably just did not feel like questioning their appearance.
LOL!! now check out the vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOFf_KB3lI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owvO640ODwA
Now its the state's turn to be red-faced after videos of the prank hit the Internet.
The department has since ordered the men to pose for new licence photos or lose their driving privileges.
Posted on the video-sharing website Youtube.com, the video features Will Carsola spray-painting his face and neck bright red and Dave Stewart painting the top of his head black and sticking fake buckteeth in his mouth in an Asian caricature. They each enter the DMV office and return with real licences, featuring photos of their new likenesses.
"We were like, 'There's no way this is going to work,' " Stewart said. "Even when I did the kung fu guy, it surprised me how little they laughed. Will had red skin and they didn't even tell him to come back when it was normal."
In another video, a shaven-headed Carsola comes out of the DMV with a photo of his eyes crossed, and another friend gets a licence after spray-painting on a thick, black beard and single eyebrow.
The independent filmmakers, both 27, did the pranks as part of a new movie, "and it escalated from there," Stewart said. The men have agreed to get new licences.
DMV spokesman Bill Foy said their action was not illegal because they did not obscure their appearance with hats or sunglasses, but they did abuse the system.
"Using a disguise while obtaining a driver's licence is not a joke," Foy said.
The state agency will consider tightening its rules regarding customers suspected of being in disguise or distorting their appearance.
But Foy said it means walking a fine line to have DMV employees determine whether a customer "looks right."
"Would we never ask a cancer patient why her wig doesn't look right, or ask a teen with severe acne if that's the way he wants to look?" Foy said.
Stewart said it was obvious the oversized plastic teeth and spray-painted face were not physical disfigurements, and he speculated that apathetic DMV workers probably just did not feel like questioning their appearance.
LOL!! now check out the vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOFf_KB3lI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owvO640ODwA
