Xoutpost.com - LED license plate lights...Incredible

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Originally Posted by ard (Post 799014)

Is there any possible reason, other that pure looks and vanity (ie "I have bright white plate lights, look at me") that you'd WANT to emphasize your registration/tag plates?!?!??

I mean isn't it better to simply have NOT plate lights? Or as dim as possible?

This seeming obsession with 'whiter and brighter' seems to over-ride any concept of form and function. Plate lights have absolutely nothing to do with any aspect of driving. It is a regulatory requirement and all brighter lights do is make it easier for law enforcement.

If I were to run across an overly bright and white plate light staring me in the face, I'd feel nothing but pity and annoyance.

Honestly yours,

A

I think brighter, whiter lights add some measure of safety, even in the back. I'd say the proliferation of DRLs bears that out. Since I now have a one-month-old riding in my X5, I'll take as many bright lights as I can get. Maybe I'll go for the underbody purple fluorescents next.