In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Seeing Red
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, May 7 2008, 07:03 AM
The Red Car Myth
"Studies have shown that red cars are involved in more accidents than their blue, green, or gold counterparts, and it is a fact that, on average, drivers of red cars pay higher car insurance rates.
But it’s also a fact that car insurance companies do not take a car’s paint color into account when determining premiums.
How can both statements be true?
Well, it isn’t the color of the car that matters, but the driver of the car.
Some people are perfectly safe drivers of perfectly safe red cars.
These people pay low car insurance rates.
Others are perfectly safe drivers of not-so-perfectly safe red sports cars.
They pay the same car insurance rates as equally safe drivers of blue or gold sports cars.
Then, of course, there are the not-so-perfectly safe drivers of red sports cars - these people pay the highest rates.
The issue isn’t the color of the car, it’s the type of car (a greater percentage of sports cars are red than any other color), and the type of driver (aggressive drivers are more likely to prefer red).
So it’s true that if you compared the car insurance rates of every red car driver and every blue car driver, the red car drivers would be paying more.
But it’s also true that if you wanted to drive either a red or a blue car, the cost of insuring them would be the same."
And let's not forget that young men under the age of 25 have higher insurance rates.
That's simply because they have more accidents.
So where is this taking you?
VROOM Ã here
At least he was alive to make the call.
Insurance info quoted from carinsuranceurbanlegends
