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dcb · 11-20-2009, 10:33 AM

That is interesting, because I somehow had it in my head that white was not good.

But in retrospect, it was based on only one experience:

I was in the left lane in a white escort, 4 lane surface streets, middle curb median, maybe 45mph, several inches of snow on the ground. I was passing a semi.

I was about midway up the trailer when the semi came into my lane. Pretty sure he didn't see me, coulda been for a variety of reasons, but I had (right or wrong) attributed it to being in a white car in the snow, the close call had etched it.

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