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You’re less likely to get in an accident in a taxi if it’s yellow

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on March 7, 2017

Yellow taxi cabs have significantly fewer accidents than cabs of a darker hue, according to new research.

You may only want to hail yellow taxis: The brightly colored cabs are involved in fewer accidents than blue ones, because yellow is more visible, according to a new study.

An analysis of millions of detailed taxi, driver and accident information over a three-year period from Singapore’s largest taxi company found yellow taxis were involved in 9% fewer accidents than blue ones, the study said.

Researchers ruled out differences in driving speed, number of stops and distance covered as factors, leaving color as the primary reason. “Color was the only differentiator because the company used the same car models and enforced the same maintenance policy for all its taxis,” the study reported.

Because yellow taxis are more noticeable than blue ones — especially when in front of another vehicle — other drivers can better avoid hitting them, directly reducing the accident rate, the study found. It’s the first published research that identified vehicle color as a main contributor to accident rates.

“This finding can play a significant role when choosing colors for public transportation and may save lives as well as millions of dollars,” the authors wrote in the study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

If the company changed the color of its entire fleet of 12,525 blue taxis to yellow, 76 fewer accidents would occur per month, or 917 fewer accidents per year.

Yellow has been a popular color for taxis since 1907, when the Chicago Yellow Cab Company chose the color based on a survey that said yellow was the most noticeable color. Back then, when all other cars were black, it was easier for potential passengers to spot a yellow cab.

“It could turn out that a simple commercial decision made by the Chicago Yellow Cab Company more than a century ago has an inadvertent, positively impactful economic and potentially life-saving outcome that we can adopt and expand on, starting today,” the study said.

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24 thoughts on “You’re less likely to get in an accident in a taxi if it’s yellow”

  1. Ramirez on March 7, 2017 at 9:13 pm said:

    NYC cabbies are the safest drivers, so why their wages so low in the world of richest city?

  2. rhjk on March 7, 2017 at 9:13 pm said:

    why the hate cabbies but they love cabs

  3. Evens Cherstal on March 8, 2017 at 10:18 pm said:

    We cab drivers have less accidents. But our insurance premiums are double that of our darker hue competitors. How does that make any sense?

  4. Very mad on March 13, 2017 at 10:46 am said:

    where can you find an empty taxi releive stand!
    they all are taken by these roaches of ubers sleeping on them for hours.
    An we taxis are getting ticket of 115$ just by going for a pee!!!
    taxi stand dhould become relieve stand!
    period.

  5. HellBoy on March 13, 2017 at 7:12 pm said:

    My Guess The Person Who Got In Next……

  6. meter peter on March 13, 2017 at 8:47 pm said:

    I saw an uber with Jersey plates pick up a woman and child on E 71st at 5:20 PM

  7. Hacked on March 15, 2017 at 5:09 pm said:

    My Guess Next Fare Kept It….

  8. Airport taxi cab on March 21, 2017 at 5:50 am said:

    Nice post, Thanks for sharing this great post of research or study on taxies accidents and find its solution with choosing colors.

  9. bee yu on March 28, 2017 at 8:11 am said:

    not with this ass wipe: 26 March 2017 around 11am coming off G W Bridge

  10. Steve Crowell on March 31, 2017 at 3:27 am said:

    “We cab drivers have less accidents. But our insurance premiums are double that of our darker hue competitors. How does that make any sense?” Partitions mutilate and kill, that’s why.

  11. meter peter on March 31, 2017 at 11:42 am said:

    A plastic surgeon passenger told me half the patients in his waiting room with facial injuries hit the partition.

  12. Weekly driver on March 31, 2017 at 9:03 pm said:

    Because of that, riders are and the majority of cabdrivers do prefer taxis without the partition!

  13. Sherpa on March 31, 2017 at 11:00 pm said:

    What is this in Morning rush hour

  14. Sherpa on March 31, 2017 at 11:01 pm said:

    He’s picking customer everywhere in new york city …

  15. meter peter on April 6, 2017 at 2:45 pm said:

    I accepted 3 curb e hails. Got paid the first one, no show the second and I drove past customers, third I never got paid $40 and it was approved. My phone calls to verifone in Astoria on 11th St never returned. Accept at your own risk.

  16. Dvr on April 6, 2017 at 10:38 pm said:

    curb mobile pay .is a fräud

  17. meter peter on April 7, 2017 at 1:46 pm said:

    Curb sent it to the wrong driver. Got paid.

  18. FairShare on April 7, 2017 at 9:29 pm said:

    When will De Blasio finally fire Joshi?

  19. Hacked on April 8, 2017 at 5:31 pm said:

    When…?…DeBlass Has to Go Too…..USELESS

  20. Dvr on April 10, 2017 at 8:36 am said:

    50 cabs laid dow waiting for for what ,On liberty st.

  21. Royal on April 10, 2017 at 9:00 am said:

    Enjoy your spring season yo.Tlc will not care for you.

  22. kulikuli on April 11, 2017 at 8:20 pm said:

    the more nyc put Uber cars on the street, the more they make money, there is no way the will reduce the number of Uber cars on street, they already enjoy it, they are expanding Uber and Lyft service in up state NY and they keep saying Uber is causing traffic in the city, we gonna do something, nothing is gonna happing, they already kill the medallion system, Uber is the New thing now, so guys medallion is dead and is not coming back, $241,000? for that metal on the hood?

  23. kulikuli on April 11, 2017 at 8:22 pm said:

    OOh Gash.

  24. meter peter on April 15, 2017 at 12:44 pm said:

    When are the JFK dispatchers going to stop cabbies from picking up without going to the lot? Especially at terminal 1. They come right from the Van Wyck and get on line. They are being paid to do a job.

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