[RickM]

Driving to WV last weekend and flowing along in traffic at 75mph on a secondary road. I was in the mid pack of about 10 cars when the red lights of a trooper came up fast behind.
Guess what?
He pulled me over. When I asked (politely) Why me? he said "I wanted to see this car up close". He ran the plates and then we talked for a few and he cut me a break.
Sometimes standing out is not good.

 

[Delta Flyer]

I intentionaly did not choose red to avoid pullovers, but it turns out that I've been rearended three times at dawn because small silver cars don't stand out.

 

[Hambone]

I got a ticket in my Insight the day after I bought it way back in 2000, when I was living in Kansas. I was paying attention to the Instantaneous Fuel Mileage (watching the bar go back and forth as I was tooling down the road) instead of watching my speedometer. I suspect that cop wrote me a ticket at the time because he thought I was in some hot little new sports car, not a fuel miser, because normally in Topeka they didn't write you a ticket unless you were going at least 15mph over the limit, and that day I was only 10 over. 2 more tickets in the Insight since that time, but those more likely due to my lead foot than a cop wanting to get a close look at my rad ride!

 

[slideways]

I read a stat years ago that said white autos were pulled over the most often. The reason? There are more white cars then any other color. I then started to wonder about this and quized some of my cop friends. They all said color had nothing to do with why they would stop someone.

There is a similar stat about beer. Similar in that the answer is so simple. In which month is the least amount of beer sold in the USA? Feb, it's the shortest month

 

[Guest]

I read a stat years ago that said white autos were pulled over the most often. The reason? There are more white cars then any other color. I then started to wonder about this and quized some of my cop friends. They all said color had nothing to do with why they would stop someone.

There is a similar stat about beer. Similar in that the answer is so simple. In which month is the least amount of beer sold in the USA? Feb, it's the shortest month

It seems, around here anyway, that silver is the most common color for cars.

I'm sure vehicle color is not a conscious factor in the decision to stop someone, but I would not be surprised if it does play a role on some subconscious level. I've always heard that red cars are more likely to get pulled over, because they look sporty, agressive and fast. Makes sence to me.

 

[Hambone]

Also, many insurance companies charge more for a car painted red or black than the same car in any other color. Red is definitely more visible than most other colors, maybe save a bright yellow, and drawing attention to one's self is not the desired thing to do when busting speed limits. On the other hand, a black car would likely be more difficult to see at night, therefore making it more likely that someone would hit the car. I don't really know, I'm just surmising.

 

[The Citrus Smoothie]

Hambone - you are not far off. I remember seeing a survey by the AA that advised that yellow cars were least likely to have an accident while black cars were the most likely. All due to visibility.

 

[Delta Flyer]

I have joked that my silver Insight is like the Bond car in Die Another Day. Both have gadgets, both are silver, and both seem invisible to others. :roll: