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• tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve wanted a polite version with thank you and stuff on it but apparently they don’t want any lighting that isn’t described in the drivers manual, essentially.

    So new idea: circular laminated paper driven by a motor. Or that individual one flap per letter design.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My dad had a college friend who did this back in the 70s, using all electromechanical components. Relays and solenoids and so forth. Hey, they were engineering students, what do you expect? From what he described it didn’t use a drum to display the messages, but rather had an array of six or seven of them that popped up from below, like bread from a toaster. It fit on the platform between the back seat and rear window of his car.

      As the story was recounted to me, he did get hassled by the cops for this at one point due to flipping up one of the more expletive laden signboards at an unmarked patrol car. Ultimately they couldn’t find anything to nail him for over it, though.

      Meanwhile, my brother in law keeps one of these in the door pocket in his truck:

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        array of six or seven of them that popped up from below, like bread from a toaster

        That is awesome :D

        (Referring to the polite signs here of course)

        Interesting how presumably simply the tech at the time led them to a solution that may still be legal today, vs. the cheap AliExpress stuff that the DOT wouldn’t like

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      • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        my brother in law keeps one of these in the door pocket in his truck

        Is it printed with the back of the hand on the other side? Because if that’s the front, it looks like he’s giving himself the finger.

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    • TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Best would be a small LED display that could display a preset phrase, like “thank you” or “you’re blinding me”. The hand is not specific enough, and giving the middle finger will just enrage other drovers.

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        LED = illegal even inside the vehicle if I recall correctly, California

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