So, are drivers of grey cars a little stoopid?

[DonkeyApple]

Just returned to London from the Cotswolds, appalling visibility, spray and rain took it down to a hundred metres at times. Counted 18 cars running without lights. All but three were grey. The three were black. Also a grey M3 smashed up by Loudwater but seemed to have lights on.

Strange that it seemed to just be grey cars that weren't running with lights.

[anonymous-user]

I don't want to sound like a blind old fart, but I do think that the trend towards "wet road grey" as the most popular car colour is a bit of a safety concern. Thankfully they all have daytime running lamps so they do stand out from the front, but they do seem to camouflage nicely against the road on a stty horrible day. Also, it's SO fking drab!!

[ChilliWhizz]

My Chimaera is grey.

[skyrover]

Seems like the only colour offered these days is various shade of grey

[HemiCommander]

No, just most of the cars on the road are now grey so you'll see a proportionately large number of grey cars with stupid drivers.

[Tyre Tread]

skyrover said:

Seems like the only colour offered these days is various shade of grey

Fifty shades in fact.

ETA : Mt Chimaera is grey, my Rover P5B is grey and take a guess what colur my XFS was.

So, are grey car drivers stopid? Probably! Although I usually drive all of my cars with lights on even in good visibility. Because they are grey.

[CrutyRammers]

skyrover said:

Seems like the only colour offered these days is various shade of grey

A few years ago I'd have agreed, but there's a lot more colour on the road than there was say 5 years ago, IMO.

[robinessex]

No. It's mostly those with personal numbers around my town. Have suggested to a few they flog them on E-bay, and use the money for extra driving tuition.

[AndyWoodall]

I'll almost certainly get slagged off for it, but since having a grey car I've driven with my lights on constantly. People just don't see you, however safely you drive theres not much you can do about that except maybe never go out. So lights go on.

Nowadays with more modern metal having DRL's nobody seems to mind, and I haven't been driven into in a long while.

[RB5Bird]

Mine is grey, but I always put my lights on as I swear I am invisible.

[deltashad]

My company policy is to drive with main beam on all the time. I do this with my personal cars too.
Co car grey, the lotus is grey.

[pincher]

ChilliWhizz said:

My Chimaera is grey.

So's mine

[Captain Muppet]

I haven't had a grey car for twelve years. I find other drivers also don't see you in dark green, black, maroon, sky blue, white or red cars.

The green, yellow, white and red one covered in stickers got noticed by almost everyone. I resprayed it black.

[DonkeyApple]

ChilliWhizz said:

My Chimaera is grey.

Ah, but are you proving for or against?

Besides, any such blanket theory would only apply to utility wagons not genuine cars.

[J4CKO]

Mine is grey, so probably.

[loose cannon]

I have a grey car and I'm defiantly stupid

[HarryW]

I've have two grey cars, I must be thicker than a thickie having a brain fart on a wet Wednesday...

[Pints]

I have two grey cars and a red car. But I really wish the red car was also grey.
I'm not sure what that makes me!

[steveeeW]

Like most have said, it's not the fact that they are grey, that's just because of how many grey cars are on the roads. If your wipers are going, your lights should be on!!

[drd63]

Redemption at last for all of us with white cars!!