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On CBC radio call in portion of a show a police officer agreed they're not good to read, definitely not easier, and I believe he was the caller that theorized t
by loceng 7y ago
On CBC radio call in portion of a show a police officer agreed they're not good to read, definitely not easier, and I believe he was the caller that theorized that the blue background colour is reflective but they didn't reflect the letting itself: he theorized that made it easier for toll cameras to read the plates (better contrast) but not for human eyes.
Also an ex-firefighter called in too and said that the flat plates (old ones had the characters imprinted) would make it more difficult to identify the remains of fiery vehicle crashes.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago> easier for troll cameras to read ...typo? or...?
- loceng 7y agoFreudian slip typo perhaps. Fixed, thanks.
- reaperducer 7y agoBurned vehicles are identified by their VIN numbers, not their plates. Your be surprised how often cars have the wrong/stolen/fake license plates.
- yohannparis 7y agoTrue, but they said "more difficult", with plates it takes minutes for a Police officer over the radio to give you information on the Make/Model of a vehicle. Then for more details, you can fetch the VIN, but that is a more difficult task.