>as i recall from several years ago, Volvo did a similar study and found that >the absolutely most visible car they had was an orange car with yellow doors >and a white top. Oh BABY! Where are my spray cans... >that business about dark green being invisible at night is putting it mildly. >anyone who has been in the army can tell you that you can literally walk >bang into an army truck or tank if you are not wearing night-goggles. not >only is the color invisible, but the dullness of the flat paint doesn't give >any reflective clues at all. That's what I painted Bozo's rear door and engine cover with... >i'm thinking about doing something to my bus that i saw on tv: some of the >buses and vanagons in the cnn news blips have reflective tape (red/white) >on the rear of the bus (well, actually, a lot of cars had them, too). and >some had a strip of blue or white reflective tape along the side, between >the wheels. if i can find enough blue reflective tape, i'm gonna try it on >the sides. I used 3M curb-and-stripe paint on The Bozobus' bumpers. This is very white paint with a huge amount of glass beads in it. It is VERY reflective. As far as visibility is concerned - having a dozen lights around the roof-rack doesn't hurt either :-) It occurs to me that I need to scan in some modern pictures of The Bozobus and send them off to the Web site... bcnu - Grungy '61 dddPanel '68,'69 Bugs '90 Vanagon '67 Bus .opinions are just that.obviously.
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