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California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:47 pm
by Gob
number plates by McDonalds?
California is weighing whether to allow advert-broadcasting digital number plates on vehicles, in a bid to raise revenue for the cash-strapped state.
Drivers could select messages to display and could earn rewards from advertisers that pay the state.
The state senate is considering a bill to allow research into the move.
At least one firm, in San Francisco, is developing an electronic number plate that would scroll adverts while a car is stopped at lights and in congestion.
The company, Smart Plate, holds a patent on the technology but has yet to produce a demonstration model.
"We're just trying to find creative ways of generating additional revenues," said Democratic Senator Curren Price of Los Angeles, who introduced the legislation to explore whether to adopt the new plates.
"It's an exciting marriage of technology with need, and an opportunity to keep California in the forefront."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and ... 368899.stm
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:29 am
by loCAtek
Oh please God no... they've already slap-dithered McDonald's™ Logos all over the light rail cars. No, I don't mean a discrete advert on the side; I mean those wraparound ads that envelope the whole friggin' trolley car!
Whoever thought of that, should be hung, drawn and quartered!
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:14 pm
by dales
This is one of the more stupid ideas originating out of Sacto (an that's says alot)!
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:40 pm
by Gob
Wouldn't it lead to accidents with people trying to read each others number plates?
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:42 pm
by @meric@nwom@n
I want one I can make say, "Get off my bumper asshole!"
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:13 pm
by Gob
@meric@nwom@n wrote:I want one I can make say, "Get off my bumper asshole!"
I've always wanted a lit sign in the back window of my car which flashed;
"This is Australia, we drive on the left!" at elderly buggers crawling up the right hand lane of our roads, as they may need to turn right within ten miles or so...
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:49 pm
by Andrew D
How about a lighted sign that says "This is Australia; we still haven't caught up with the developed world"?
Re: California registered cars, new bling
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:50 am
by loCAtek
How about one that if you cut someone off, it automatically changes to,
"YES! I am an asshole!"