Why your next car should be white!
A provocative headline, sure, and if all cars were white then the world and its roads would be pretty darned boring. But at the same time, I do believe that there is sound physics behind the statement. And that my decision to go with a white car over the last decade has saved my life more than once... It's all about visibility, you see. I know this sounds obvious, but hear me out. In daytime, in great light, a white car is around 10% more visible than other colours. By which I mean that it will be spotted slightly more quickly in someone's peripheral vision and that this will reduce the risk of an accident. In low light, think dusk, with the sun having just dipped below the horizon, through to actual night time, darker car colours (blues, reds, greens, and - of course - black itself) become largely invisible. When the colour of your car resembles a dull shade of grey (or worse) when not illuminated, it's hard to be seen against a low light background. Which means that visib...