An aerial photograph of new cars at Fremantle Port tells the story of modern car colours — a sea of white, dotted with some grey/silver and black, with only occasional splashes of red or blue.
I remember seeing studies from years ago that statistically yellow and red cars had less accidents.
They put it down to the fact that humans see red and yellow as ‘danger’. Like if you see red or yellow on snakes or spiders or wasps etc, you shouldn’t mess with it
I use to have a yellow car. I think the less accidents is because drivers of yellow cars have to be more vigilant. The number of people who would just pull out in front of me when driving the yellow car as opposed to the other car I had, which was white, was ridiculous.
Boomers and GenXers used to love red cars because anyone driving a pov-pack Hyundai Excel in red thought they were driving a Ferrari.
There used to be a meme (idea) that red cars were cop-magnets because people in red cars would drive like dickheads.
All those Boomers grew old and started buying Maroon cars because they were technically red, but wouldn’t be cop-magnets.
These colours are colloquially called “Old-Man Burgundy” or “Haemorrhoid Brown”.
In the UK, the fronts of most/all trains are painted yellow for this reason. Given that cars are more abundant and less predictable than trains, perhaps making them (or just the bumpers/trim) yellow/orange would have safety benefits.
That’s interesting. I’m also remembering an I don’t know how old study that indicated that red cars were ticketed for speeding the most amongst all colors.
I remember seeing studies from years ago that statistically yellow and red cars had less accidents.
They put it down to the fact that humans see red and yellow as ‘danger’. Like if you see red or yellow on snakes or spiders or wasps etc, you shouldn’t mess with it
Nowadays, Spotto to 10 could take weeks lol
I use to have a yellow car. I think the less accidents is because drivers of yellow cars have to be more vigilant. The number of people who would just pull out in front of me when driving the yellow car as opposed to the other car I had, which was white, was ridiculous.
Boomers and GenXers used to love red cars because anyone driving a pov-pack Hyundai Excel in red thought they were driving a Ferrari.
There used to be a meme (idea) that red cars were cop-magnets because people in red cars would drive like dickheads.
All those Boomers grew old and started buying Maroon cars because they were technically red, but wouldn’t be cop-magnets. These colours are colloquially called “Old-Man Burgundy” or “Haemorrhoid Brown”.
A van owner once mentioned that no matter how fast they drove, people acted like it was moving slowly. It looks slow.
I’ll bet red and yellow cars get a safety boost the same way: humans are morons and assume they’re hauling ass.
In the UK, the fronts of most/all trains are painted yellow for this reason. Given that cars are more abundant and less predictable than trains, perhaps making them (or just the bumpers/trim) yellow/orange would have safety benefits.
That’s interesting. I’m also remembering an I don’t know how old study that indicated that red cars were ticketed for speeding the most amongst all colors.