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Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014

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I was watching Ultimate Factory's show on the building of the R160's. They explained the change of seat color from red/yellow to grey/blue as follows:

"Transit designers thought that the red color was associated with violence and provoked vandals. The new tones are meant to be more soothing."

Make sense??

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 21 10:32:21 2014, in response to Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014.

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No.....
Everything had orange in it in the 70's. It was an in color.

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by pragmatist on Mon Jul 21 10:53:06 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 21 10:32:21 2014.

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burnt orange, avocado green, mustard yellow ..... all very popular at one time - it became almost impossible by the late eighties to get handset cords for all those phones put in during the 70's....

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 21 11:21:42 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 21 10:32:21 2014.

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I'm just saying '70s boobs were different.

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by R46 5636 on Mon Jul 21 11:53:08 2014, in response to Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014.

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That Doesn't explain why the M8s have red seats...

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by Alan Follett on Mon Jul 21 13:57:49 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 21 10:32:21 2014.

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Yep. Remember the orange-ish floral pattern upholstery in many of the early Amtrak refurbishments? A free poke in the eye with every ticket!

Alan Follett
Hercules, CA

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Jul 21 15:19:21 2014, in response to Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014.

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Nonsense. The red seats in Toronto look beautiful. But maybe they caused the mayor to take crack.

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jul 21 15:29:11 2014, in response to Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014.

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Probably the reason in the spike in violence on the subways, with 12-9s and all: all those bright red led destinations signs comin' at ya.

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by Hart Bus on Mon Jul 21 18:07:24 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 21 11:21:42 2014.

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Depending on which young lady they were on !!!!!!!

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Jul 21 21:22:23 2014, in response to Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by heypaul on Mon Jul 21 10:23:30 2014.

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I've heard some years ago from the car insurance institute that red cars are more likely to be involved in an accident than cars of another color. Maybe that "logic" transcends all modes of transportation??

Remind me never to take another "red" eye flight!!

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by randyo on Tue Jul 22 14:40:02 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Jul 21 21:22:23 2014.

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What I heard about red cars is actually the opposite. Due their bright color, red cars and I think also yellow are less likely to be involved in an accident due to their high visibility. What I did hear was that red cars are more likely to be stolen than any other color.

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Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating

Posted by Dupont Circle Station on Thu Jul 24 11:43:46 2014, in response to Re: Interesting Reason Why New Cars Don't Have Red Colored Seating, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 21 11:21:42 2014.

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The overwhelming majority of them were 100% real. Unlike today.

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