I drive a rather nippy car (red), and yet I am still amazed as I drive along minding my own business how fast that white brick appears in the rear view mirror.
So, after a bit of thinking, I have deduced that it is because of the colour of the van, based upon the following transport associations:
1. Space Shuttle, fastest aircraft - white.
2. Concorde, fastest passenger aircraft - white.
3. Saturn V moon rocket - white (with bits of additional black go faster stripes).
4. Bullet Train, Japan - white.
5. ICE 3 Train, Germany - white.
6. Eurostar, EU - mostly white.
7. Amtrak Acela - mostly white.
8. Ariane 5 rocket - white.
9. N1 Russian Moon Rocket (wikipedia) - white.
But like with everything, there are exceptions to the rule:
1. Thrust SSC - fastest land car - black.
2. Ice burg that sank the Titanic - very slow moving - white.
3. Cheetah - fastest land animal - yellow with black go faster spots - see 3 above.
