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People took that stat to mean that cops can see the red better and so can spot the speeder more easily. I always took it to mean that people who buy red cars li
by matt-attack 4y ago
People took that stat to mean that cops can see the red better and so can spot the speeder more easily. I always took it to mean that people who buy red cars like to speed.
- mc32 4y agoOr, conversely people who like to speed buy red cars more frequently than other colors so that the majority of speeders end up driving red cars.
- butlerm 4y agoHe is claiming correlation not causation in the second. Correlation is symmetric, the converse is indistinguishable from the original.
- jimnotgym 4y agoThere is a story in the UK that red cars get pulled over more often due to police playing 'snooker'. In a game of snooker you have to pot a red ball every other ball... when playing with cars it means a lot more red ones get pulled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker
- WJW 4y agoI mean, red cars going faster is such a common trope it has got its own page on TvTropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOnesGoFaster https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOnesGoFaster.
- svachalek 4y agoSome insurance even has a surcharge if the car is red.
- bin_bash 4y agoThat's an urban legend.
- tjmc 4y agoNo it's not: https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/blog/car/does-the-colour-of-your-car-affect-insurance/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20it%20can!,the%20value%20of%20your%20vehicle https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/blog/car/does-the-colour....
- kube-system 4y agoMaybe in Australia it's not. In the US it is a myth. If you get a quote through the Australian site provided, you will be questioned about the color of your vehicle, and this is how that data was collected. Car insurance quotes in the US do not ask you what color your car is.
- MichaelDickens 4y agoThe linked article (to the extent that it's credible) suggests that: 1. Having any less-common color raises the price of insurance because, in the event of damage, the car will be more expensive to repaint. "For example, metallic paint can be more expensive than a standard colour and therefore the car may be more expensive to replace." 2. Gray and silver cars are the most likely to get into accidents, not red. (Red is #3.) 3. A price comparison site quoted the highest insurance rates for gray and black cars, not red.
- tjmc 4y agoThe OP didn't claim that red cars were the most expensive, just that there was a surcharge for red which is true. I've worked for insurance companies here in Australia and the UK. Not all insurance companies ask about car colour but some do. I assume it would be the same in many other countries. I bet there's a hefty premium for Vantablack! https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html
- yreg 4y agoA car that is more visible sounds also safer.
- fsckboy 4y ago> I always took it to mean that people who buy red cars like to speed. maybe it's only because cops think the same thing you do