I just wanted to add that the Ohio State Patrol uses a silver grey on their
cars as cammoflage. It doesn't stand out much and it also matches the road
surface. They also use a low profile light bar. They are know to be sneaky
and it works.
Cheers,
Mike Thompson
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>From: "Michael D. Porter" <mdporter@rt66.com>
>To: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
>Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: British Racing Green
>Date: Sat, Dec 12, 1998, 8:27 PM
>
>
>Sumner Weisman wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. That reminds me -- I took a course in optics a long time ago.
>> If you look at a graph of the human eye, showing sensitivity vs. color, it
>> peaks at bright green. In other words, the eye is most sensitive to that
>> color and can see it best in low light. It was so long ago that I forgot
>> all about it.
>
>I would suspect that all dark colors have decreased visibility at night,
>and certainly white or yellow would have higher visibility than other
>dark colors. As for Dean Paige's suggestion that silver gray would be
>worst due to lack of contrast in bad weather, I would say that's
>certainly possible, too, but it's also likely that a silver gray would
>reflect more light, and therefore be more visible to adjacent traffic.
>
>Nevertheless, as you say bright green stands out to the human eye.
>Anyone worried about their car's visibility at night might consider
>reflective strips. These are in increasing use by public transit and
>public service vehicles; further, most of us have encountered kids on
>bicycles without lights and dark clothing, at night, and seen only the
>movement of spoke reflectors. A thin strip of reflective tape on the
>wheels and bumpers might be just the thing to keep those dark green,
>black and red (and damson <g>) LBCs from getting t-boned at night. And,
>the stuff can be usually be removed with a heat gun for shows and such,
>with minor cleanup.
>
>Cheers.
>
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