#a207 :: Cat’s eye reflector

This is what became of California’s elegant Bott’s Dots:

Instead of a crisp ceramic disc, ampoule this species – a hideous amalgam of ceramic compound and cheap-ass diamonded plastic – now graces the centerlines and gore-points of California, purchase indicating to anyone who cares to notice, price where the center of the road lies.

Quite literally, millions of these little gadgets have hit the street since their rebirth. And just as many lie in pieces alongside the road, it seems – victims of the constant pounding of time, crime, and drivers – including me.