Why didn't this work out

What's that car on the lower pic? It has that HUD in the top corner.

We Americans have what we call "headlights" on our cars which allow us to see our roads without having to make them glow.

Five Hundred Meters.... so, like 1,640 ft. Not the entire country, not even one kilometer, barely over a quarter mile. That would be something on the order of 20 lamps which would allow you to see animals and pedestrians well in advance of your headlights... replaced with glow stickers which last about a year and then must be replaced.