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New car buyers driven to white or grey, with bright colours rarer than ever, data shows (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] No1@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

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

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

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”.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

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.