Why are the number plates on cars different colours?
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It's to make recognition easier, I can't remember why now but the yellow background makes the numbers and letters easier to read for longer as the vehicles drives away.
I'm sure it something to do with the yellow making it easier for the eye to recognise letter shapes.
I's nothing to do with camera technology as some others have suggested the colours were determined in the early 70's before cameras existed, prior to the present colours UK plates used to be silver on black.
So the Police know if they are looking at the front or the back of a car
To make them easy to identify.
Hahaha. I asked my mates the VERY same question yesterday! I believe it's for the cameras.
Tells you which way round it is !
So the cops can identify what state you are from and profile you accordingly.
Its so you can tell what end of the car you are looking at from a distance or at night.
Don't know if its true but was told its something to do with speed cameras, i.e. car coming towards or going away from camera.
well in my country (singapore),
there are two main colours yellow or black. they are for the car owner to choose.. i suppose you can choose one that suits the colour of your car body better! there is also a red one. which indicates that the owner is only allowed to drive during off-peak hours and weekends because he has bought a different kind of road tax. i guess the reasons vary from country to country.
where is this? Not in my area of the globe. Both plates are identical except for a little sticker on the rear plate letting them know its registration is up to date .
lol ive never took much notice, going outside to see what colour they are
i thourght they were the same colour as each other
It's not for speed cameras, the white and yellow plates (IN UK) have been around way before speed cameras were even thought of.
it all depends on the person.. here in our country cars with red plates means that it is a government employee, yellow are for public transportations, and green are for private cars..
Its so when you are a policeman driving around darkened areas at night looking for naughty litle car thieves. The first thing you see is the reflection of the numberplate, and the colour determines front or rear of the vehicle. So you can then decide whether to sneak up behind or ram into the front of them.
Then they can approach the car safetly and say hello to the driver three times.
The yellow number plates is for nite vision coz you have 2 small light under the number plate of the rear is easy to glow so that people can see the number plate read if is white at the back unable to read at night with light on toward the white number plates.
becauiser that is how they ared desgned and it designed to comly with the regualtions of the high way code
if you see a yellow plate in front of you the car is driving away from you and and if its white its coming towards you, then you have reaction time if he is going to hit you (this is considering its at night, the other driver is drunk and he hasn't got his lights on)..i guess..don't quote me on that
construction and use regs.
white light only to front and amber or red to rear.
hence white white to front and ok albeit a strange shade of amber yellowy/amber to rear.
It's illegal to have a white reflector at the back.
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