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by HPsquared 1293 days ago
Cars are also festooned with retro-reflectors in case the lights are off, including the license plate.
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Reflectors glow only when somebody else lights them up. Background-colored cars makes it a lot easier for two unlit fools to connect. Head on.

Black suffers from this somewhat, but less since backgrounds on the road are rarely black until the hour when headlights become essential. Muted grays are a handicap all day long in any form of suboptimal weather.

The ones that are also blacked out?