A driver was stopped in a Massachusetts town after police officers spotted his vehicle had a licence plate made from a pizza box.

The Hopkinton Police Department discourages people from making their own plates and joked in a Facebook post that a cardboard box and felt-tip pens were definitely off-limits.

Officers say the driver is facing charges that include operating an uninsured and unregistered vehicle and attaching "fake home-made" plates.

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