how come rear license plates are yellow and front white???
2007-08-16 08:00:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Very good question and it is something we have all asked ourselves one time or another. I think (not sure) but am pretty confident that the reason is to compensate for two different situations: During the day it makes no difference whict colour the plates are but during the night, the rear plate will be lit by the headlights of the car following it. If the rear plates were reflective white, they would reflect too much light making it more difficult to read the number.
The front plates need to be reflective WHITE to enhance the lower light level hitting them. It is all about making it easier for people to read them.
2007-08-19 12:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old chestnut, this one. Okay, they wanted retro-reflective plates as an additional safety measure. White is actually the best colour for this, but white is not permitted (except for reversing lights) to the rear in UK, so yellow was settled on as the next best thing.
2007-08-16 22:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you need to be able to read the licence plate in the dark so they are yellow to let head lights reflect off them.
2007-08-16 08:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by Sassy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bacause of the way car head lights reflect on them.
2007-08-16 08:08:36 · answer #4 · answered by random mentalist. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that is the color scheme the Brits chose to use.
2007-08-16 10:04:16 · answer #5 · answered by Chris F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its all to do with the lights reflecting on them.
2007-08-16 23:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by RaChAeL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY DON'T YOU JUST CALL YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE GETTING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
2007-08-20 07:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had this question yesterday
2007-08-16 16:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by smooth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you know which to put where!
2007-08-16 08:08:14 · answer #9 · answered by megane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋