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To: thackney
Yep. The people who are doing the driving have far more to do with accident rates than the design of the vehicle itself.

Don't know if it is still true, but an insurance underwriter told me that red vehicles got into higher accident rates for their number than any other color and rates were quoted accordingly.

It is not that red is an unsafe color. It is actually safer due to higher visibility. But drivers who liked red also took more chances.

Another interesting thing he told me was that a lime florescent green was actually the most visible color. School bus yellow rated a distant second.

17 posted on 02/11/2015 11:58:10 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

https://www.esurance.com/insurance-resources/red-cars-cost-more-to-insure-myth

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=ins&subject=cover&story=insurance-myths&referer=advice&year


21 posted on 02/11/2015 12:14:28 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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