What is the purpose of this thing?

stopthevoting

What is this device for? I keep getting ads for it on Facebook.

https://www.mytrendyphone.ie/shop/baseus-moonlight-parking-257368p.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=DSN%20-%20Svi%20proizvodi%20-%20Cela%20IE&utm_content=IE%20-%2018-65%2B&fbclid=IwAR2wHlLdv6F4ScYR3-zu1p01mmSZ75PQBTZfGQ1sQ-6JXCiPzCCt5LlMNd4

stopthevoting

OK, I have found the answer to my own question. I found Chinese or Asian videos about it. Apparently it is to display your phone number when parked obstructing another vehicle. So if the other driver comes back to their car first they can phone you. You can click it open when you need to display your number and click it closed "for privacy" at other times. There must be a lot of double parking in China if they actually had to invent a device like that.

coylemj

OP, when posting a URL, there's no need to quote anything from the question mark onwards. The data from the '?' onwards is tracking data to tell the website where you picked up the link (in this case, Facebook), it serves you no purpose. Most links you pick up from a Google search will contain the same type of data but it will work if you strip off the question mark and everything that follows it.

So this link will work just as well as the one you posted ......

https://www.mytrendyphone.ie/shop/baseus-moonlight-parking-257368p.html

stopthevoting

Thanks, good to know

hi5

Could they not just write the number on a piece of paper and leave that on the dash?

fryup

should go down like a lead balloon on dragon's den

stopthevoting

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117814543#Comment_117814543

That's exactly what I thought. They don't even light up for use in the dark, although they are luminous for better visibility at night time.

There are many different products like this available. The description of this one, "parking number plate", was very confusing.