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I don't really understand why these would be better. Looking at his proposed New York one and the real New York one, the real one is clearly easier to read. Add

by lnanek2 12y ago

I don't really understand why these would be better. Looking at his proposed New York one and the real New York one, the real one is clearly easier to read. Adding a background image that overlays the text makes it harder to read the text, I don't think it is an improvement. I don't really care how pretty the plates are, I care that if someone hits me and tries to drive off as many people as possible have a chance of reading the plate. This whole post kind of sounds like someone redesigning road signs to look pretty instead of meeting the key requirements like being able to read them at speed.

JshWright 12y ago
I also don't see how that "stays true to the identity of the state". I assume the red color it evoking the 'Big Apple' nickname for New York City. That, plus the skyline overlay makes it clear that this is a "New York City" license plate, not a New York State license plate (despite the fact that ~85% of vehicles registered in the state are registered outside NYC) EDIT: I'm not currently able to reply to the child comments (which seems odd, as they're not that deep...), but it does appear I did misremember slightly. The actual percentage is closer to 80%. 10.9 million vehicles in total, 2 million in NYC. http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013reginforce.pdf http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013reginforce.pdf
- bhandziuk 12y ago
  That can't be true, can it? The population of the state ~19 million and the population of NYC is ~8.5 million.
  - drcoopster 12y ago
    You don't need a car if you live in NYC, but you do need a car if you're outside the city.
  - vibrolax 12y ago
    It could be true considering the availability of public transit and the high expense of parking a car in NYC.
  - cpfohl 12y ago
    Who drives in NYC!? We NYS-ers drive everywhere, because it's a massive state with a lot of open space between the interesting things.
  - bhandziuk 12y ago
    (I can't comment on child comments either) I didn't realize it was THAT imbalanced. Also, who are the two farm vehicles registered in NY county?
VLM 12y ago
"This whole post kind of sounds like someone redesigning road signs to look pretty instead of meeting the key requirements like being able to read them at speed." Even worse, if we encourage them, they're going to apply themselves the same way to web pages.
timthorn 12y ago
The UK had a good attempt at designing road signs that looked good as well as meeting functional requirements some time ago, with good results: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15990443 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15990443

by lnanek2 12y ago

JshWright 12y ago

I also don't see how that "stays true to the identity of the state". I assume the red color it evoking the 'Big Apple' nickname for New York City. That, plus the skyline overlay makes it clear that this is a "New York City" license plate, not a New York State license plate (despite the fact that ~85% of vehicles registered in the state are registered outside NYC) EDIT: I'm not currently able to reply to the child comments (which seems odd, as they're not that deep...), but it does appear I did misremember slightly. The actual percentage is closer to 80%. 10.9 million vehicles in total, 2 million in NYC. http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013reginforce.pdf http://dmv.ny.gov/statistic/2013reginforce.pdf

bhandziuk 12y ago
That can't be true, can it? The population of the state ~19 million and the population of NYC is ~8.5 million.
- drcoopster 12y ago
  You don't need a car if you live in NYC, but you do need a car if you're outside the city.
- vibrolax 12y ago
  It could be true considering the availability of public transit and the high expense of parking a car in NYC.
- cpfohl 12y ago
  Who drives in NYC!? We NYS-ers drive everywhere, because it's a massive state with a lot of open space between the interesting things.
- bhandziuk 12y ago
  (I can't comment on child comments either) I didn't realize it was THAT imbalanced. Also, who are the two farm vehicles registered in NY county?

VLM 12y ago

"This whole post kind of sounds like someone redesigning road signs to look pretty instead of meeting the key requirements like being able to read them at speed." Even worse, if we encourage them, they're going to apply themselves the same way to web pages.

timthorn 12y ago

The UK had a good attempt at designing road signs that looked good as well as meeting functional requirements some time ago, with good results: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15990443 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15990443