# How many cars would I expect to see?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cars-would-i-expect-to-see/159137 "2003-03-05T01:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cars-would-i-expect-to-see/159137/1 "2003-03-05T01:39:05Z")

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If I were to drive from Ottawa, Ontario to say… L.A., California, how many cars/people could I expect to see provided I take major routes? I want to see if I can turn my car into a billboard and somehow get my voyage paid for.

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**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cars-would-i-expect-to-see/159137/2 "2003-03-05T02:41:59Z")

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You might want to check out [VehicleAd.com](http://VehicleAd.com) at [http://www.vehiclead.com/](http://www.vehiclead.com/)

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> We place corporate adverts on private vehicles on behalf of advertisers. Our mission is to provide a new, exciting, large scale outdoor advertising medium that is visually attractive, and will deliver superior results to advertisers at highly competitive rates.

I have no idea if these folks are legit or not. In another part of the site it says

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> VehicleAd (.com and .co.uk) web sites, databases and North American registered Trade Marks are for sale.

You might want to make sure any ads they put on your car are easily removable. It’d be a bitch to end up with nothing but a bad check and “Hooters” painted in two-foot high letters across your hood…