stackyFACTSYour speed estimation heavily discriminates based on the color wheel. Because the hue red is deeply wired to intensity and alarm, identical vehicles moving at identical speeds will be perceived differently. The red one simply looks like it is tearing through space faster, heavily skewing witness reports.
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