Blinded by the Light

Perhaps it was the fact that the sun suddenly came out after a few days of rain and overcast skies in Seattle, but on my way home late this afternoon, I was suddenly blinded by the light. No, not trying to reference a bad song of years ago, but an Accord driving infront of me that was emanating an intense light from its lisence plate area. Coming to a stop at a traffic light, I realized that it wasn't a design flaw of the car, but that the owner had decided to add a custom chrome license plate frame. As the sun shone on it, light was reflected so brightly, that it was as if the car had a set of extra strong HID lights shining from the back of the car. Trust me, it's difficult shielding one's eyes from light coming so strongly from the back of a car! Realized that custom license frames made out of chrome or steel are not a good idea. It might look good on your car and draw attention to whatever you want to say or advertise, but it might also leave your fellow drivers agitated at best, or blinded at worse!