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My wife and I got into a discussion the other day about what color car we wanted. When I jokeingly said a glow-in-the-dark car I got to thinking, why not? Why can I not have a car with phosphorous paint? Sure, in the day time it would be a citrus drink color, and at night it would only be brighter,
but I still think the idea is neat. Think about the accidents that can be avoided, and if there was an accident the other guy can't say, "I didn't see them."
Glow-in-the-dark Car
http://www.artinthedark.com/car/car1.htm
By David Ray's company "Art In The Dark", in cooperation with Sergai Mars. They sound like they're willing to license their technolgy. [jutta, Dec 28 2000]
Glow Car
http://glowinc.com/...-dark/glow-car.aspx
A proposal on how to actually do this. [talldave, Jul 23 2008]
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But he could say "I was distracted by it." |
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Most phosphorescent materials never seem to glow as brightly or for as long as I'd like, so usually they're just an ugly shade of an unpleasant color. |
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For small values of 'cool'... |
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Of course, you'd have to watch out for rednecks/UFO conspiracy theorists with shotguns. |
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A whole car can easily be done with a glow-in-the-dark powder coat, for relatively cheap. Just pull off the body panels and take 'em in. |
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I bet you'd be able to keep this glowing - it would recharge a little bit every time you passed under a streetlight. |
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I have always wanted a car like this for
about 10 years. + |
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It would make it much easier to find your car in the grocery store parking lot at night... |
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I like it, but I think it would attract thieves. |
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Try painting the glow pigments over a white base, for starters, and use plenty of them. White will allow the phosphorescents to absorb more energy and last longer after dark. |
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There are some really pretty colors that glow in the dark pigments have these days. Some reds and some violets. There should be some that would look nice on a car. |
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