This is freaking retarded!

[Larry_OHF]

Time to apply what I learned about scientific reasoning in my philosophy class to this case. For example, more teenagers buy cars that are red, black, blue...etc...and those are the ones that have more accidents...not for the car color, but for the person who chose that color car to drive.

Now...Silver colored cars are for rich people. That is not a color that teenagers choose if they want a car...and not many cars are silver. Gray and silver are not to be confused. Silver is reserved for cars like a Lexus or something. People who can afford silver cars have better jobs and are mid-aged...and so are more safe on the road than old people or teens.

Teens tend to drive more than adults, so they raise thier percentage of accidents by being on the road more often.

Simple logic. Although The color of the car and accident rate is positively correlated...the color of the car is not the causal factor in the matter. Those two terms have completely different definitions.

[ 12-20-2003, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[Rataxes]

Put it like that and wearing dark clothes while walking by the road in the dark isn't necessarily more dangerous than having light clothes + reflexes. It doesn't have to be true because the statistics says so, but it does make sense that dark cars are harder to spot in the dark and could thus be more likely to be involved in crashes.

[Rataxes]

Brown was apparently the most dangerous colour, and I very much doubt that's a popular choice with the young drivers But sure there could be other reasons why certain colors are involved in more accidents than others, brown could've been the most popular colour in a period when less safe cars were manufactured.

[Larry_OHF]

Originally posted by Rataxes: Brown was apparently the most dangerous colour, and I very much doubt that's a popular choice with the young drivers But sure there could be other reasons why certain colors are involved in more accidents than others, brown could've been the most popular colour in a period when less safe cars were manufactured.

Brown is a color that is sold cheaply, and not really manufactured today as new...so they are old and cheap. Who buys old, cheap cars? Lower class people. Who is more probable of getting into accidents? Lower class people because they tend to disobey the law more, drink, drugs, and speed. Less educated people tend to not take good care of thier possessions. Ever see a car on the road that you found it miraculous that it even was on the road and could move at all? Who was driving it? I see people that look like they live in the worst side of town.

[Rataxes]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: quote: Originally posted by Rataxes: Brown was apparently the most dangerous colour, and I very much doubt that's a popular choice with the young drivers But sure there could be other reasons why certain colors are involved in more accidents than others, brown could've been the most popular colour in a period when less safe cars were manufactured.

Brown is a color that is sold cheaply, and not really manufactured today as new...so they are old and cheap. Who buys old, cheap cars? Lower class people. Who is more probable of getting into accidents? Lower class people because they tend to disobey the law more, drink, drugs, and speed. Less educated people tend to not take good care of thier possessions. Ever see a car on the road that you found it miraculous that it even was on the road and could move at all? Who was driving it? I see people that look like they live in the worst side of town. [/QUOTE]Like I have said and you have demonstrated, there are likely dozens of other factors partially responsible for this connection between color and crash statistics. I'm just saying it's entirely plausible that the color of your car affects the probability of your car being involved in a crash, however slight the effect the colors themselves may have may be.

[ 12-20-2003, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]

[Dar'tanian]

So this is were all our cancer reaserch money goes....

[SpiritWarrior]

I hate to say this people but look up for once in your lives. Larry said it is "entirely plausible", I would say it is "Plausible without doubt". When are people going to realize that these are marketing techniques used for years by big companies (such as MCdonalds)? Color has been used in gambling casinos for well, ages. This is what they don't want you to know, my friends .

[Sagramore]

Originally posted by Dar'tanian: So this is were all our cancer reaserch money goes....

LoL! I give money at the movie theater for studies like this??? [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img]

[Cloudbringer]

This isn't new. As the article said, they have done this research before and white cars came out on top as the least likely to be in accidents. I can fully believe that the colors do correlate with the accident/crash statistics. I've had more accidents (been hit) in my red car than I did in my grey one and I never had even ONE accident in my white one.

[Sythe]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: This isn't new. As the article said, they have done this research before and white cars came out on top as the least likely to be in accidents. I can fully believe that the colors do correlate with the accident/crash statistics. I've had more accidents (been hit) in my red car than I did in my grey one and I never had even ONE accident in my white one.

Or maybe it's a big coicedence . .....Don't listen to me Cloudy.

Long time no see my Swedish friend Rataxes! I thought you ditched us or something.