Disclosed are a vehicle display device providing excellent visibility and
does not obstruct a sight ahead of a driver, regardless of a frame, a
seating position and the like of the driver. The device comprises a
transparent light guide plate having first and second major surfaces, and
an other side that can be seen therethrough from the first major surface.
The light guide plate stands in such a position that the first major
surface thereof faces a driver in a sight ahead of the driver. At the
same time, the light guide plate is tilted rearward while an entrance end
plane thereof comes at the bottom and an emission end plane thereof comes
at the top. Luminous elements are placed on the entrance end plane of the
light guide plate. In the light guide plate, a distance from the entrance
end plane to the emission end plane is sufficiently long relative to a
plate thickness. The emission end plane of the light guide plate may
include a plurality of planes having different inclination angles or may
be frosted. On the first major surface of the light guide plate, a groove
may be formed in a direction perpendicular to a light guide direction.