I just want a horn that can directly broadcast "Use your damn turn signal!" into people's cares.

*sigh* I thought of the *car*-quee a couple years ago but never got around to building it. It was just going to be a marquee put int he back with a keyboard for messages in the front. You had to be stopped to enter a message though, which you would assign to hot keys. That way the driver wouldn't get in an accident typing "get off my tail!" See kids, this is why it doesn't pay to be lazy. I coulda made millions, though I could never come up with a better name than *car*quee, which admittedly, is awful. -p-

Anyone know if this is actually street legal?

10 bux says some loser is gonna to propose to some chick with this thing.... and he'll think he's all original... pffffhuh yea right.

Been wanting something like this since I was about 10! (and, yes, that was more than 5 years ago) It'd have to have some pre-programmed messages like these for quick access, as well as being easily updatable on the fly: "Turn of your stinkin' turn signal, gramps!" "Get off my bumper before I launch a rocket"

Same here... I'd looked into it, but couldn't find any marquees with wireless controllers. In case anybody missed it there was another similar device that was a license plate holder (keyword: license should find it). I was going to get that, but it requires hooking the license holder up to your car's electrical system. I like the battery option of this more. I'm definitely getting one of these.

Illegal in many states!

actually, scratch that... if you look at the picture in the lower right, it looks like the LEDs only light up in "Thanks" (with a f-ed up N), Back Off, and a smiley and frowny face. Def not as cool as the other one which you could program to say whole messages. Probably worth messing with the electrical stuff and getting the other one.

yeah pretty sure this is going to cause more problems on the road than it will solve (or lessen). So unless you like getting in fights (my roommate had one just yesterday) than i'd suggest keeping to the good ol' proven mumbling for venting.

Oh yeah, this would definatly push a few almost-road-ragers over the edge. Can't wait to see the story on Fark about a man stabbed 87 times because he had one of these.

I think I'll just stick with my James Bond Aston Martin DB5 for all my road rage driving needs. Smoke screen, oil slick and front machine guns make more of an impact than a wimpy electronic display!

psxndc - already on the market for a while now. GoogeBay it. You'll see. In other news, this is nice, but nothing new. But, for $20, why not.

well, the ball is rolling, now wait for those glass-embedded OLED's to come out so you can show high-def porn of you and your girlfriend to the guy behind you on the freeway

PSXNDC- I wouldn't worry too much about being beaten to the market by this product. A lot of people, including myself, have had this idea. Odds are they're not going to make millions off it, though.

A lot of people. I've been idly daydreaming of hacking something like this together for as long as I've been driving.

Oh I know I wouldn't really make millions or was the "invenotr" of this idea. I saw cops in Holland with marquees a couple years ago after I thought of it. They would say "pull over" and have arrows indicating which way. I knew my idea wasn't unique, but man I still wish I had built it. Anyone know the legality of it? AFAIK, there is only a limitation on the color of lights in many states, i.e., they have to be white, red, or amber. This was why people had to ditch their ground lights, those being purple, blue, etc. Looking for a statute here people, not armchair law. -p-

Wow...I actually started to make something like this one time but never got around to finishing it. What a GREAT idea!!!

I remember seeing a concept car (minivan actually) in the late 80's or maybe early 90's with a LED message board on the back window. I think it used a keyboard to input custom messages. Don't remember who made it. With the way most people drive, you could pretty much leave it on "Fuck You" all the time and be covered.

Ideal Sky-Writer, 1981 I remember OMNI magazine's reviewer at the time saying that he was going to keep one in the car.

This should be road legal in the UK where the company that are making it are based, as our RVLR (Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations) and Construction & Use (Vehicles) legislation says that no vehicle may display any light to the rear that is any colour other than red. As this device clearly uses LED's it's technically street legal (so long as it doesnt flash!)

are you sure, iross? what about reversing lights and indicators?

I think these would be great with polite messages like "sorry" and "thanks" in, also I'd like it to show a speed limit sign with my speed in it whenever I'm going much slower than the speed limit. This would let the *@@£# approaching in the Audi at 90mph know that he'll have to shed 28MPH pretty sharpish to avoid hitting me up the behind.