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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by wmeredith on Saturday August 31, 2019 @09:51AM (#20846251)
I saw this argument elsewhere and found it bizarre. Cars are covered with reflectors and lights for precisely this purpose. We’ve had black cars and matte colors (or just dirt) for decades. There’s also chrome bits, windows, mirrors etc. I suppose thing could be pretty dangerous driving around at night with no lights on, but so is a normal car and there are still the reflectors for just this purpose.
Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by labawi on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:51AM (#20846604)
A greater safety issue might be during the day, when people expect to actually see things (not just barely visible lights).
Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by erikpukinskis on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:18PM (#20847554)
During the day the absence of light coming from a surface would be very conspicuous, even in shade.
Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by nkrisc on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:14PM (#20862114)
Unless it's pitch black out and you can only see the lights, things like reflections and contours of the car give you additional clues about its orientation and speed apart from its lights. We're used to using many different subconscious visual cues to place an object in space.

Maybe I'm overshooting on how much of a hazard it would be, but I have a hard to seeing how making a car any amount harder to see is a good thing.