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Have noticed that alot of the new police patrol cars around the Strathclyde area and in the Met area are silver, they seem to be a little less conspicuous on the road,could this be the reason.
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There are so many silver cars that even the guilty would probably feel at ease.....
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because silver goes better with black uniforms
higher residues
silver is the new white
as an aside its a bad colour for police cars as this colour can fade into the background and could cause somebody not to see them if going to a scene and could cause a collision
but as always money comes first so residuals it is
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bell boy is correct, the re-sale value is projected to be higher in silver, rather than white
although to my mind a totally wrecked car is a heap whatever colour it is
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& as the quik fix accident repairs, carried out cause the bodywork to look even worse, once de-liveried.
The hard edges on the paint looks even worse & costs more to correct, once sent for disposal.
But don't tell that to the clever decision makers, at PITO, or whatever they call themselves.
VB
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You're not wrong there!
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Above is response to Westpig. Why do my replies end up at the end instead of below the post I'm responding to??
PITO is now NPIA - National Police Improvement Agency- should be a job for life ;-)
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Fullchat, if you look at this thread in 'threaded view', and all *should* be come self explanatatory.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=54119&...t
Vansboy replied to Westpig before you, so you were next in the list after him.
Had Vansboy replied to someone other that Westpig, and no one else replied to Westpig either, then your reply would have come straight after.
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Yeah as others have said its to do with resale value. Maybe a coincidence, but I no longer like silver for cars (since police cars became silver) and much prefer white!
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Beware. there is a dark blue very plain volve estate on the M5. Seen 8 miles south of Taunton 10 days ago....sneeeeeky.
MD
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I was pulled by a navy blue undercover Volvo several years back. It had the usual give aways- blue lights behind grill and no dealer name on base of number plates.
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On the way down the M6 a couple of weeks ago there was an accident where an older style Rolls Royce or Bentley had went into the crash barrier.
It was a dark blue Volvo estate that was in attendance there, don't know if it was involved in the crash or just helping at the aftermath!
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Silver police cars cannot be seen in the rain. They may be behind you and you will never know untill the blue lights come on!
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Silver police cars cannot be seen in the rain.
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>>>>>>>>>> mm stealth police cars.......are they made of carbon fibre then?.......i wont drone on :-)
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I read on another web site a serving police officer state that silver patrol cars cannot be seen in your rear view mirror when it is raining. True or false i do not know.
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Maybe less easy to see than a jam sarnie, but unless they've got an invisibility cloak no harder to see than any other silver car.
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Come on bell end the sarcasim - he is only making a valid point.
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"Come on bell end the sarcasim - he is only making a valid point."
Shouldn't there be a comma in there? ;-)
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> ...no harder to see than any other silver car.
Which is plenty hard enough. It's raining here today and the silver cars (whose drivers also seem to be the least likely to remember to use their headlights) were much the hardest to see this morning.
Yesterday it was sunny, and it was the black and dark blue ones that got lost in shadows under trees and bridges. There's a lot to be said for fire engine red!
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Yes neil - sorry there should be a comma in my last statement !
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bright yellow is the easiest colour to see, as far as i can remember from some car safety study or other i read years ago
if you really want high vis cars you should buy bright yellow
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bright yellow is the easiest colour to see as far as i can remember from some car safety study or other i read years ago
IMHO, you can't beat Dyno-Rod dayglo red for visibility! Shame only Dyno-Rod use it....
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Silver police cars cannot be seen in the rain. They may be behind you and you will never know untill the blue lights come on!
Surely a police driver, of all people, should be driving with headlights on in poor visibility? :-)
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Either lack of imagination - or they want them to look as anonymously boring as all the other silver cars.
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Up to a few years ago all of my cars were white. Now I can't get one in that colour because the dealers are not selling any. Perhaps that is the reason.
Light coloured cars are much 'greener' because they reflect the heat from the sun (insolation) which otherwise would make the interior of the car much hotter and hence need more ventilation / air conditioning.
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