This is WAY more fun than dealing with the DMV

It's in black and white on many DMV manuals in circulation.

But when you dial the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles number, it's immediately clear you've called a sex hotline.

News 12 in Long Island reported the problem last month, and DMV said the toll-free number used to be legit but was eliminated 18 months ago.

DMV spokesperson Ken Brown tells CBS 6 reporter Steve Flamisch the agency decided to save money by cancelling the 800-number services. For the ensuing year, callers to the number heard a referral message.

But at the end of that one-year-period, the phone carrier "reassigned the number to these individuals" -- the phone sex company.

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