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Old 04-14-2013, 11:31 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by FRomar-S View Post
Where are the numbers at

Stats are funny like that cause you can skew them to your favor. Silver is one of the most common colors on the road, therefore, you will have a higher rate of silver cars being pulled over because there are more silver cars out on the road than red.

Just from a human perspective, if you are watching 10 cars drive by at 85-90 mph and 9 of them are silver or white and 1 is red/yellow/lime-green, which do you think would garner more attention?

Doesn't mean you will be pulled over, but you will get noticed (good and possibly bad)
I meant percentage of, not actual numbers. And unless you have something to back up your claim as well, I'd say you are on equally bad footing to make such statements. Correlation is not equal to causation, and if you are worried about drawing attention, boy are you in the wrong car.


This is the closest thing I could find to anyone actually attempting to do a study:

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