Thursday, 28 September 2006
Beth: You see, officer, I couldn't help it...it was the color of my car...
There are studies out there (I don't know where...but they're out there, and widely available...I don't feel like doing the research right now) that say police officers are more likely to pull over red cars for speeding and other traffic violations. It's something about the color red being a more excitable color and evoking more feelings of speed, edginess, danger, breaking the law...things like that.
Well, I didn't think much about it, but then I had to go to the county courthouse today to look up some records. That's when I noticed that a very large percentage of the cars in the parking lot at that particular time were red. It was seriously eerie.
So it looks like I'll need to spend a bit more time looking in my rear-view mirror. Too bad my radar detector was stolen.
What other people had to say
Em wrote:
When did your detector get stolen?? I am sorry...I think black is worse though.
Your car is soooo cool. I am jealous.
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