ridiculous "security"

Some of this I find personally annoying. Some of this is just plain stupid. I am speaking of the password security requirements for WSDOT's GoodToGo! electronic toll pass.

Password - 10 characters/numbers, at least one upper case character, one lower case character and one number. Password cannot contain spaces or special character.

• OK. This isn't terrible. It's just personally annoying because my passwords are generally, but not always!) 8 characters long. Enabling special characters makes the passwords stronger, but also theoretically puts a greater burden to the developer to make sure the characters aren't special in a bad way.
  

Security Questions - must not contain special characters and must be at least 6 characters long and maximum of 16 characters long.

• What is your sister's middle name (no sister)
• What is the name of your first pet? (4 characters)
• In what city were you born (7 characters... phew)
• What street did you grow up on (has a space, I hope that's OK)
• What was the make of your first car? (5 characters - about half of cars have makes less than 6 characters long)
• What was the name of your (first) elementary school? (6 characters, woo!)
• What is your brother's middle name? (has a special character)

This would be fine if they had security questions that worked well with these requirements. Unfortunately my options are limited. I get to use the city I was born in (which generally brings up confusion as to whether to include the state), the street I grew up on (where there's two options, and my the name of my first elementary school (which I barely remember). Great. Thanks, jerks.

Car makes under 6 characters (FAIL):

• Acura
• Audi
• BMW
• Buick
• Chevy
• Dodge
• Fiat
• Ford
• GMC
• Honda
• Jeep
• Kia
• Lexus
• Lotus
• Mazda
• Mini
• Saab
• Scion
• smart
• Tesla
• Volvo

Cars with makes 6 characters or longer:

• Aston Martin
• Bentley
• Bugatti
• Cadillac
• Chevrolet
• Chrysler
• Ferrari
• Hyundai
• Infinity
• Jaguar
• Lamborghini
• Land Rover
• Lincoln
• Maserati
• Mayback
• McLaren
• Mercedes
• Mercury
• Mitsubishi
• Nissan
• Porsche
• Rolls-Royce
• Spyker
• Subaru
• Toyota
• Volkswagen