Painting Your Car Green May Eliminate Bird Poo
A new study conducted by a Zurich insurance company gives new meaning to the benefits of owning a green car. In a survey that examined the color of vehicles to frequency of bird droppings, results showed that owners of green cars were less likely to find bird poo stains (86%) compared to owners of silver cars (92%). While those numbers may seem relatively trivial, consider this: the overall costs of repairing the damage caused by bird droppings is nearly £57 million/a year.
The study also found that only twenty percent of drivers remove "bird lime" immediately, while a third choose to wait until their next car wash.
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Trev 7:49PM (7/18/2008)
Damage from bird droppings? huh?
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Ignatius 8:31PM (7/18/2008)
Ugh. That was disgusting. Thank god for ABP...
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rj 11:18AM (7/19/2008)
even more effective strategy than paint color - get covered parking.
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