their study is flawed...

Coop '04 · 2005-03-30 02:38:50

silver cars safer? (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/autos/package.jsp?name=fte/carcolor/carcolor) :rolleyes:

Mar 29, 2005 | 08:38 PM

Coop '04

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their study is flawed...

silver cars safer?

Mar 29, 2005 | 08:53 PM

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who did the research on this? 8th graders?

Mar 29, 2005 | 08:59 PM

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Hm, did you read: It was an Australian study....
So, maybe on the Southern Hemisphere, the "Silver Curse" is reversed into something good??
Maybe it is influenced by the Coriolis force? ...
At least bath-tub-drain vortecies spinn the opposite direction down-under...

Mar 29, 2005 | 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Q-chan

Australia no.....Auckland, New Zealand yes!

Interesting study. The biggest shock to me was 3000 people die daily accross the globe from car accidents!

- Irish

Mar 29, 2005 | 10:27 PM

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Oh my gosh!!! Coop started is own thread??? Wait a minute here... has hell frozen over?

Mar 30, 2005 | 08:08 AM

Coop '04

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Yes it is colder in here now...excellent. I just wanted to give you something to jack... Glad I could help your cause. :D

Mar 30, 2005 | 09:27 AM

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OLD NEWS

Mar 30, 2005 | 09:33 AM

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Yeah.... so not true.... I ride a silver motorcycle and that thing is all but invisible to SUV's, mini vans, and ******* mac trucks.... I hate mac trucks.

Mar 30, 2005 | 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Yeah.... so not true.... I ride a silver motorcycle and that thing is all but invisible to SUV's, mini vans, and ******* mac trucks.... I hate mac trucks.

Motorcycles seem to be generally invisible nomatter what color they are to some people.