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To: LucyT

I've heard that before from other people, that's why I have to wonder. I'm not saying it's not true, just that I won't accept it as fact just yet.


47 posted on 12/02/2005 6:43:43 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

(Excerpted)

STATISTICS, INFLUENCE AND REALITY
by George Jonas
Benador Associates
July 26, 2005

People have long believed that red sports cars get more speeding tickets. Years ago a researcher with time on his hands decided to see if it was merely an urban legend. He designed a study and conducted it over a summer, with the results supporting the popular suspicion.

A car's colour and configuration did, apparently, play a role in the number of citations for speeding as well as some other moving violations. In the area of the study red two-seaters topped the list.

http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/17371


53 posted on 12/02/2005 6:55:51 PM PST by LucyT
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