I have discussed this before, though may be not here.
Has anyone ever considered - what is the safest colour of car? Most people buy their cars in daylight, coming into the summer. Few people consider how visible that colour will be on dark, wet, winter evenings.
Statistically, red is the most expensive colour to insure. Yet post office vans and fire engines are usually red. However, the most common colour of sports car and sporty models is red. Sports cars and sports models are the most expensive cars to insure. So it has nothing to do with the colour. In daylight red is one of the most visible and safest colours of car to drive. The problem is, in low light our eyes do not see colour. At night we can only detect light or dark. Red is detected as a dark colour. This is why many emergency vehicles are white with hi-vis yellow, orange, green or blue checkering. But I don't see that colour scheme catching on with the public
A friend on mine has a midnight blue Bora. His sister-in-law reversed into it, my brother reversed into it, I nearly reversed into it! That colour is dam near invisible at night.
I think that Indium Grey is a really nice looking colour. Probably my favourite colour after black. However, I would not buy either colour. Indium Grey is basically the same colour as the road.
All modern cars have DRLs which is fine if you can see them. I have had a few incidents where the car coming towards me was in a slight dip on a narrow country road. It was usually around dust or dawn and it was usually raining. The roof of the black or dark grey car was the same colour as the road behind it. Therefore I did not see the car until the last second! Luckily they can seen me as my silver roof is a lot more visible against the road.
I realise that most people would never be in the above situation. However, this is something I consider when buying a car - what is the safest colour?
