An Australian study found that during the day black cars are 12% more likely than white cars to be involved in an accident. At dusk the risk increases by a whopping 47%.
An Australian study found that during the day black cars are 12% more likely than white cars to be involved in an accident. At dusk the risk increases by a whopping 47%.
I’ve been looking at car ads and noticed black cars are listed as salvaged much more often than other colors. Yes, there are a lot of black cars on the road, but it didn’t seem to be nearly enough to explain the number of salvaged vehicles being advertised.
At least one study confirms that black cars do have more accidents, and far more accidents at dusk.
If you think about it it makes sense. Being a black car means less visibility at night so they get chop shopped. The same goes for accidents.
Why is it that the world rejects an engineering mindset when it comes to cars, despite them being an engineered product (and service)?
To illustrate my point, let’s treat the network of all motorways globally as an engineer-provided service/product to the wider public. Which it is; but cars are also designed, sold, and owned by businessmen, unlikely to apply the “engineering philosophy.”
This is simply the logical way to approach an important, fatality inducing machine like the highway network.
I could theorise that business leaders sell black cars because it allows for
But who knows.