What are they for, those strips of dots on windows?

[harrylentil]

What are they for, those strips of dots on windows? You don't see them much now; they used to be on the edges of most car, bus, coach and train windows. They were always black, and got smaller toward the inner edge of the strip.

[dohupa]

Did you take a lot of drugs in the 60s, Harry?

[MaxJoker]

Originally Posted by harrylentil

What are they for, those strips of dots on windows? You don't see them much now; they used to be on the edges of most car, bus, coach and train windows. They were always black, and got smaller toward the inner edge of the strip.

I`d have thought you`d be asking a much more pertinent question.

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[adamski]

The ones that are still there when you have sobered up are date codes. A good check on the age of a car.

Vote for Satan. Why settle for a lesser evil?

[kananga]

I use a macbook.

Probably pixels?

You really shouldn't sit so close to your screen

[dohupa]

Aha - knew I've seen that lot before.



Trainspotting does wonders no doubt.

[palo5]

Wtf are they talking about?

[billybunter]

Originally Posted by harrylentil

What are they for, those strips of dots on windows? You don't see them much now; they used to be on the edges of most car, bus, coach and train windows. They were always black, and got smaller toward the inner edge of the strip.

I was a panel beater/welder for many years and I have not a clue what you are on about Tinted car glass had a strip of black dots. But why I don't know. You should try a car forum for an answer.

[kananga]

probably for short people to Google through.

The Dots around the glass of any car is to deflect/Defuse the Suns or Headlight glare away from the inside of the car to make driving safer.

another

When they apply that black edge to the glass, manufacturers sometimes get creative. For example, when I look at the windshield on my car, there is one place where the black edge is not applied – it allows people to read the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). And then, up around the rear view mirror, there is an array of dots. These dots are put there to cut the amount of light coming through the glass in half around the rear view mirror. It’s done to cut glare and backlighting around the mirror, and also because the little drop-down windshield shades can’t shade the area around the rear-view mirror.

On other cars, there may be a dot pattern all the way around the edge of the windshield. This is a way of breaking up the straight edge – it’s cosmetic, in other words. Some cars have it, some don’t.

[NIN]

Does he mean these crappy dots on my version of windows?

I really should clean that screen

Originally Posted by adamski

The ones that are still there when you have sobered up are date codes. A good check on the age of a car.

..unlikely as it seems, that's true

Vehicle glass manufacturer, 'Triplex' , position a dot according to the year within the words
"Triplex Toughened"

 http://www.jackscars.net/Glass_Codes.html