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Showing posts with label car accidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car accidents. Show all posts

January 16, 2011

Get the Snow Off the Car!

Next time you're on the road this week, notice the ridiculous amount of cars driving with snow on their roofs. And if you're one of those people too lazy to get the snow of your car's roof, get it off. Why? The other day I witnessed an accident. A car was driving with snow on its roof, and hit the brakes suddenly. Because of the momentum, the snow on the car's roof fell forward and piled on top of the car's windshield. This car, unable to see where it was going through a snow-covered windshield, crashed into another car. That's what you get for being lazy. Keeping snow on your car's roof also reduces fuel mileage by almost a mile per gallon. So, go ahead and keep the snow on the roof of your car, but hey, you get what you deserve!

October 30, 2010

Black cars are 47% more likely to crash at night!

Recently, a university in Austalia named Monash University conducted a research study about the safety of black cars. After analyzing police data of more that 850,000 accidents over 20 years, they concluded that if you drive a black car, you're 47% more likely to get into an accident at night than if you drive a white, gold, or yellow car, which are the safest colors. This is because black cars are harder to see at night. Other unsafe care colors include gray, silver, blue, and red. Black cars are still unsafe in the daytime: they are 12% more likely to get into an accident than white, gold, or yellow cars. That info really shocks me. Luckily, I have a white car.