Fritz the Cat

I came across this article, which I thought was pretty interesting. Have a read.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp

aggietiff28

Hmmm...makes me wonder if I got pulled over because the officer thought my car was black instead of green since it was night?

Aero8

I like how they included the insurance part being false also, when I was getting quotes on different cars my agent specifically said that red would have a little bit of a higher premium, as he knew i was trying to save money at the time.

mysql101

according to that article, silver rules!

CarAndDriver

Well there gotta has to be some upside to the curse of the silver.

DARKMAZ8

I think the article stated that white rules!!

alnielsen

iTrader: (4)

It would in the UK where they play snooker. I haven't seen that one played in the US.

zenmoused

Unfortunately police are just drawn to sports cars. I've had a cop turn around in rush hour traffic to follow me, even though I was actually doing the speed limit. They just profile. I would say that if red cars are pulled over more often, it's because a disproportionate number of sports cars are red.

NoTears316

The only part of the article worth mentioning is the last quote...

"Simplest of all, and surely the advice straight-faced coppers would give, is don't speed and you won't be caught."

DARKMAZ8

true, but sometimes you're just going with the flow of traffic and it's past the limits.

Razz1

Until you come to the RX-8.

The Silver Curse Rules!

GhostRidr

Then you need to get a new agent. Whenever I've gotten a quote from any insurance agent on a potential car purchase, I was given a quote, based on my driving record, and car to-be-purchased. Color never came into it, and the quotes were always honored when a policy was actually purchased.

Aero8

While I don't like my agent (or one of the idiots he has working for him) and agree with you, I can't blame it all on him, as color wasn't the only thing he said, he just included it in a list of things that affected the premium. he did base the main things off my driving record and the type of car, but mentioned things like the color and anti theft systems help a little bit. This was a couple years ago when I was more concerned about as much as I could save possible. the quote thing they seem to have issues with, but i live with my parents and am able to stay on their plan and get some of their discounts. for that I will deal with the agent rather than paying nearly twice as much for my own plan due to my age....under 21 sucks for insurance.

1145climber

i think that even if there WAS a correlation between red cars and more tickets, it would be BS...

i mean, you need to think about the demographic (right word?)... who buys red cars? mostly younger drivers who are more interested in performance and standing out... people who buy red cars are people who probably tend to speed more often... now, i dont see many old ladies driving red cars, and i also dont see many old ladies speeding... makes sense.

and so therefore, wouldnt it make sense that red cars get more tickets?

Winfree

You can't ticket what you can't see - white and silver are designed to hide in traffic - until they go by and someone says "What was that?" Reds are an invitation to the race!
Blacks look dangerous. Blues and other colors are too new to flash a sterotype. I chose blue for that very reason - they are new enough to be noticed, do not fade into traffic and do not look dangerous and besides we drive like grannies!

Winfree

You can't ticket what you can't see - white and silver are designed to hide in traffic - until they go by and someone says "What was that?" Reds are an invitation to the race!
Blacks look dangerous. Blues and other colors are too new to flash a sterotype. I chose blue for that very reason - they are new enough to be noticed, do not fade into traffic and do not look dangerous
and besides we drive like grannies!