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09-28-2003, 10:52 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Posts: 377
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Strange LED license plate cover
The other evening and I was stuck in traffic, and I noticed the car (a camaro) in front of me had this awsome license plate cover. The bottom of it was scrolling a message in bright red LED's, I forget exactly what the message was, (it was something about eating up imports) but anyways I was astounded to see such a cool product.
Anyone ever heard of this? And if so do you know where they can be purchased? Perhaps they can be interfaced to the computer to display some other kind of information.
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09-28-2003, 10:58 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Elmhurst, Illinois
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Yes. I have. The ones I have seen, the message can be changed. I can't remember where I saw one. I'll dig a search in a bit.
http://www.customdynamics.com/streettags.htm
That's for bikes. I saw the ones for cars somewhere.
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Last edited by Seraph; 09-28-2003 at 11:01 PM.
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09-28-2003, 11:19 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Elmhurst, Illinois
Posts: 672
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For 200 bucks, you can make like 20 of them.
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09-29-2003, 12:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Amarillo, TX
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Any of you guys have a CRX? That square window in the back would be the perfect place to put an LED sign. Most can be hooked up to the serial port. You could push a button on your carPC and leave a message to the drivers behind you 
If anyone is actually interested in doing this, I have written a Perl modulefor the BETABrite and other Alpha/Adaptive protocol signs that works in Win32 and Linux.
The catch is that the signs are still on the order of 150 bucks or so, but at least they are a lot bigger than the ones for your license plate...
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09-29-2003, 06:58 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Melbourne, Florida
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Quote: Originally Posted by gizmomkr
Thanks gizmomkr! 
Quote: Originally Posted by Seraph
,,,, you can make like 20 of them.
Im listening
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09-29-2003, 12:02 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Elgin, IL
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isn't it a violation of traffic rules to have this? I was distracting enough to catch MeanGT's eye on the road cut someone off and also flip em the bird on LED....hmmm
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09-29-2003, 01:43 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Elmhurst, Illinois
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Quote: Originally Posted by krystar
isn't it a violation of traffic rules to have this? I was distracting enough to catch MeanGT's eye on the road cut someone off and also flip em the bird on LED....hmmm
No. I don't think so. According to US DOT, you can have lights at the back of the car as long as they are amber to red and not blue. Same thing for the front as long as they are amber to white and not red or blue.
L
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03-17-2004, 11:40 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1
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StreetTags Digital License Plate Frames
Quote: Originally Posted by Seraph
No. I don't think so. According to US DOT, you can have lights at the back of the car as long as they are amber to red and not blue. Same thing for the front as long as they are amber to white and not red or blue.
L
Here's the best price on them-
www.streettags.com
Jake
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03-17-2004, 05:51 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Casina, Italy
Posts: 900
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In Texas, license plate covers are now illegal.
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03-17-2004, 06:00 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Elgin, IL
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even dealership/aftermarket parts ones?
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03-17-2004, 07:02 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Florida
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For $210 i can buy way better stuff then a stupid tag that can get me arrested.
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03-17-2004, 07:32 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: PDX
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Quote: Originally Posted by Seraph
For 200 bucks, you can make like 20 of them.
You mean, like, design and build your own?
OK, I'll agree to buy one of them if someone else buys the other 19
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03-17-2004, 08:10 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Quote: Originally Posted by krystar
even dealership/aftermarket parts ones?
It it covers the word "Texas" or the phrase "the loan star state" it's illegal
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03-17-2004, 08:27 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX. USA
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not just covers, frames too if they cover the name of the state or the top edge.
QUOTE=Gutter]In Texas, license plate covers are now illegal.[/QUOTE]
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