"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
12/18/2016 at 10:53 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
12/18/2016 at 10:53 • Filed to: None | 2
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Why don’t license plates have glow-in-the-dark letters? Sure, it would really only be useful to cops, but still... it’s easy enough. If someone’s plate lights are out, the plate will still glow, and it will be recharged by the headlights of traffic. This also keeps them perfectly visible when the vehicle is parked at night. Would probably also show up better on security cameras at night, which is easily the best benefit I can think of. As far as I know, there aren’t any drawbacks.
E90M3
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 11:07 |
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At least one drawback would be cost, I think some states went from stamping plates to just printing them because of cost.
Mercedes Streeter
> E90M3
12/18/2016 at 11:15 |
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Well let’s be honest, it basically costs nothing to make a license plate. It’s cheap metal pressed by (usually) prison labourers. I can think of like a million different ways a state could save money, but they cheap out on license plates. lol
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 11:30 |
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But if they do glow in the dark police can’t pull you over for having a light out!
bob and john
> E90M3
12/18/2016 at 11:36 |
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I think he is saying to paint the letter with glow in the dark paint, not to have a light behind it.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 11:40 |
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I don’t think glow-in-the-dark paint would be bright enough.
Urambo Tauro
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 11:42 |
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A lot of states/provinces/etc. already use some sort of reflective paint that (if not too dirty) lights up really well when you shine light at it. I don’t know what the cost difference would be if they stopped using it in favor of GITD paint.
That picture looks like only the brake lamps are illuminated, leaving the tail-lamps & plate lamps off. If the running lamps were on, would the car’s plate lighting be enough to keep the paint “charged” at night?
PS9
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 11:43 |
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Because reflective paint and headlights on a patrol car achieve the same effect for no additional cost.
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Rainbow
> bob and john
12/18/2016 at 12:33 |
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Yeah, just do the letters in two layers instead of one. Base color, then glow paint on top. Most tags are already printed as multiple layers anyway.
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Rainbow
> Urambo Tauro
12/18/2016 at 12:36 |
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Could use a black light bulb, I guess. Those charge GITD stuff instantly.
MrDakka
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 12:46 |
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Admit it, you just want it because you thought they’d look cool XD
And they would
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Mercedes Streeter
12/18/2016 at 13:53 |
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It’s easier to change how you make something than how you do something. The government rarely changes its processes despite that being were most money is wasted
for Michigan
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 13:57 |
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Glow in the dark paint only glows when charged, which means most stuff parked indoors wouldn’t charge and over the course of the night the glow would weaken progressively. It wouldn’t work consistently, so why spend money on a solution that’s less effective than another (reflective numbers or plate)?
Cé hé sin
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 14:29 |
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They’re already reflective though aren’t they? At least mine are, I can’t talk for Americans or other foreigners.
boredalways
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 14:40 |
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Because your suggestion makes so much sense, I must remind you: Logic is not allowed in the workplace.
comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> Rainbow
12/18/2016 at 14:49 |
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My state is not painted, just a vinyl decal printed with the plate # on the aluminum blank.