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Car-white-seguros group of researchers from Monash University in Melbourne (Australia) have shown that dark cars have more accidents than light. The study confirmed the popular belief that the safest choice is the white to be more visible on the road.

After studying 850 000 accidents with victims in Australia, the researchers found that white cars are safest because it is the most visible and have less chance of collision. Similarly, black color cars are the most dangerous (twelve percent higher risk of accident than whites) followed by gray, with an eleven per cent, silver, ten per cent and the red and blue with a seven percent. Pastel colors such as beige or cream color ratings were very close to white.

As explained by the principal investigator, Stuart Newstead, studies carried out so far focused solely on the color and visibility of the cars, without affecting the risk of impact. His study makes hicapié in another aspect, not only in color. Read the rest of this entry »

The Antidepressants Effect to Car Accident

The consumer program “Radar” was more than ten thousand reactions after a call to report experiences with antidepressants. The current responses were received at the Train program “Radar, after a call for viewers to experience and reactions of antidepressants, is one thing: Many patients say they are under the influence of resources recklessly in traffic very fast and aggressive. Some users also say that they are behind the wheel tend to cause collisions with oncoming traffic and the car against a tree to drive. Evening (20.30 hours, Netherlands 1) dedicates ‘Radar’ the entire program, the side effects of antidepressants. The Netherlands has almost one million people swallow these drugs. Read the rest of this entry »