Shentar
Well-Known Member
My g/f has a black 2013 Ford Focus (not an ST) and she has been complaining to me about how people always cut her off or try to run her over. For the longest time I thought, maybe, its because she is younger and just not as experienced yet, or is driving too aggressively. It dawned on me, today, that its most likely the fact that its a black car. I just bought a black car, but its a Porsche, so I haven't had a black car for long. Plus a the Porsche gets noticed because its a Porsche.
So my questions:
1) Can anyone who has had a black car confirm my theory as to why she gets cut off on the freeway and has so many near miss accidents? This is assuming she is driving safely. I went on the internet and found this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288457/Black-cars-likely-involved-accidents.html.
2) If it is just a problem of not being visible to other drivers, would something like racing stripes help? I don't like the idea of racing stripes on street car, personally (too Fast & Furious for me), but I wonder if that might help people notice her car more and make it safer for her to drive.
Trading the car in on something else isn't the best idea as she is starting pre-med in college, so having a cheaper car payment is kinda nice for her. Its a useful car that gets good mileage, so it is a cheaper car to run. Its also a manual, which is kinda rare these days even in an economy car.
Oh yeah, we also live in the San Francisco Bay Area, so it could just be the people in this area.
tl;dr is my g/f's black car causing other drivers to not notice her? What can we do to help this situation?
What do y'all think?
So my questions:
1) Can anyone who has had a black car confirm my theory as to why she gets cut off on the freeway and has so many near miss accidents? This is assuming she is driving safely. I went on the internet and found this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288457/Black-cars-likely-involved-accidents.html.
2) If it is just a problem of not being visible to other drivers, would something like racing stripes help? I don't like the idea of racing stripes on street car, personally (too Fast & Furious for me), but I wonder if that might help people notice her car more and make it safer for her to drive.
Trading the car in on something else isn't the best idea as she is starting pre-med in college, so having a cheaper car payment is kinda nice for her. Its a useful car that gets good mileage, so it is a cheaper car to run. Its also a manual, which is kinda rare these days even in an economy car.
Oh yeah, we also live in the San Francisco Bay Area, so it could just be the people in this area.
tl;dr is my g/f's black car causing other drivers to not notice her? What can we do to help this situation?
What do y'all think?