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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 06:37:02 -0400, DPH <rally2xs@crosslink.net> wrote:
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>E. Faubion wrote:
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>> >Funny, hard statistics show red cars, regardless of type, get stopped
>> >more often than other colors. Some argue its the driver. Some argue
>> >its the car color.
>>
>> That argument is typically used by someone in a red car who got caught
>> and won't admit the real reason.
>
>Its a fact.  EVERYBODY breaks the law when driving - there are so many laws its
>impossible to obey all of them and doubly impossible to do it and not get nailed by the
>other traffic (drive 55 and get rear ended by someone in the normal traffic flow at
>68.)  Its just that it gets noticed more if you're doing it in a red car.
>
>Among Sports Car Club of America members, any shade of red when applied to a car is
>referred to as "Arrest-me red".

The funny thing to me is, I've only had one red car, and it was hot-rodded,
but I never got a ticket in it.  It was a sleeper, for sure.  (I don't count
my minivan, which says it is red, but is actually a maroon/copper color-
changer).

I had a mid-year Corvette, white at one point and white metallic/blue at
another, and got loads of tickets in it.  I had a white T-Top Vette, and
hardly got any tickets in it.  My driving has hardly changed.  I had a 
blue ZR1 at the same time as a blue Lincoln, and got about the same number
of tickets in them, but more in my wifes silver G20.  Mileage normalized.
The biggest determinant actually appears to be the jurisdiction.  LA cops
and Long Beach cops are jerks, CHP used to be cool but has turned into 
zero-tolerance nerds.

I JUST DON'T SEE HOW GOING 66 IN A 65 ZONE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IS
UNSAFE!!!!

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>DPH
>


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