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This infographic deals with pedestrian deaths in Southern New Jersey. I’ll tell you that when I first heard the topic, without seeing the infographic, I thought, “how many could there be?” A lot, as it turns out, is the answer.
The Numbers
In 2009, there were 157 pedestrian deaths in Southern New Jersey. 112 were male, 45 were women. 52 out of 136 who were tested for alcohol had alcohol in their systems. 74 people died when crossing the road where they weren’t supposed to. 17 died from crossing at an unmarked crosswalk. The majority of pedestrians killed were between the ages of 25 and 64.
The Roads
The five roads that saw the highest number of fatalities between 2007 and 2009 occurred on roads in Burlington County, Ocean County, and Atlantic County. The route numbers are 130, 9, 322, 40, and 30.
Scorecard
Design: B+
The infographic is very easy to read and clear. The information is presented in an easy-to-understand way, and the colors used are easy on the eyes and therefore effective.
Information: A
Who knew that the roads in Southern New Jersey could be so treacherous. As it says at the beginning of the infographic -
“look both ways before you cross!”
Source: NJ Pedestrian deaths by Console and Howell
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This handy infographic gives you tips on buying a used car. And in today’s economy, that’s about all we can afford, right? This infographic aims to keep you from buying a lemon.
The first thing you see is a “quick reference guide” that points out the different parts of a car you should be concerned with.
After that, the infographic delves in to 20 things you need to remember when buying a used car, including things about the “tyres.” This is a UK infographic. I checked with our resident Brit, and he says that be it a “tyre” or a “tire,” they are right that if it’s bald it’s no good.
Other things to consider are the brakes, the paint, the service history, whether the car has been tested and taxed, the clutch, the company selling the car, the oil, the exhaust, whether or not anyone’s used the car for racing, any modifications that have been made, and whether or not the car is a fair price. Another thing they mention is that it is important to find out how much it costs to insure the car you’re considering. It doesn’t do you any good to buy a used car if you can’t afford to insure it.
Is the car a “cut and shut?” This is when someone welds the front of one car to the back of another car and passes it off as a whole car.
Does the car drive straight? Has it ever been in an accident? Does the person who owns it have the right to sell it? Does the VIN on the chassis match the VIN in the service book? Are the seats, floors, and other interior in good condition?
The infographic urges you to conduct a private sale at the buyer’s home. That way, if something goes wrong, you know where they live. Don’t meet in a neutral location. Odds are the seller is up to something. Also, dont’ be afraid to haggle. You never know until you try, right?
All in all, no matter where you live, each piece of advice is sound and good to follow.
Score Card
Design: A
I like the use of white, blue, and orange. The colors pop, but it isn’t too busy, and overall the infographic is easy on the eyes. I like the font used, I like the image at the beginning, and I think the icons they used for the 20 tips look almost like a driver’s manual, which has a neat effect.
Information: A
All the information is good. Some of the tips are obvious, but that is good. It just reinforces what the reader already knows, which makes the information the reader didn’t know that much more credible. The information is presented in an attainable writing style, and even though it’s a UK-based infographic, the knowledge one gains can be used anywhere. The information is not UK-specific, per se.
Source: used car infographic by Netcars
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For those of us who can’t afford to buy one of each and test out their merits, these nice people have created an infographic to tell us, when our ship does eventually come in, whether we should lean to a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. Meaning, we learn everything we can about each, and decide which one we like better. Or, we at least learn a lot about luxury, sporty, sexy cars.
The Battle
Both cars are Italian in origin. The CEO of Ferrari is Amedeo Felisa, while the CEO of Lamborghini is Stephan Winkelman. Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, while Lamborghini was founded by Ferrucio Lamborghini in 1963. So far, comparisons of the actual car are not present in the infographic, though it is interesting to learn this bit of history. Moving onward, we will learn more history.
Brief History
Scuderia Ferrari was founded as a race team in 1928. Supposedly, years later Ferrucio Lamborghini was snubbed by Ferrari and decided to make his own fancy car.
First Road Cars
For Ferrari, it came in 1947 and was the 125S. For Lamborghini, it came in 1964 in the form of a 350 GT.
Current Owners, Units Sold, Net Revenue, Largest Market Countries
Fiat owns Ferrari, and Audi owns Lamborghini. In 2010 Ferrari sold 6,573 units, while Lamborghini sold 1,302. It would be helpful to see how many units each car maker PRODUCED, because that could skew the data, but oh well. Net revenue for Ferrari was $2.7 billion in 2010, while it was $382 million for Lamborghini. In 2010, the largest market countries for Ferrari were the U.S. and Italy, while Lamborghini did best in China, and also the U.S.
Current Offerings
Ferrari is currently offering the FF, California, and 599GTB models, while Lamborghini is offering the Gallardo LP560-4, the Spyder, and soon will be offering the Aventador. It would have been nice to see the price tags on each model. That would also help us better understand the net revenue. Better yet, it would have been nice to see not only the price for each car, but the number of units of each that were sold in 2010. But that’s just me. Hungry for more data.
Best Selling and Fastest Models
The bestselling Ferrari ever is the 360 at over 17,000 coupes and convertibles sold between 1999 and 2004. The bestselling Lamborghini is the Gallazdo, selling 10,000 coupes and convertibles between 2004 and June 2010. The fastest Ferrari is the Enzo, which can go 217 mph – 0 to 60 in .34 seconds. The Aventador LP700-4 by Lamborghini the fastest. It can go 217 mph as well, but can go 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
Most Expensive Models
For Ferrari, the most expensive model is the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, which sold for $12,402,500. There were only 22 made. Lamborghini’s most expensive model is the 2007 Revention, which cost $1,600,000. There were only 20 of those ever built.
Celebrity Crashes
Cristiano Ronaldo wrecked his 599 GTB Ferrari, and Russell Brand crashed his Gallazdo Supezleggeza Lamborghini. I don’t know why this section is in here.
Cost to Insure
They don’t give you the cost. Instead, they quote J.P. Morgan, who said “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.”
And the Winner Is…
They don’t tell you. They just tell you that you can always get a Porsche Boxter if you can’t afford a Ferrari or Lamborghini.
Design: B-
There is too much wasted space. I like that they used the fonts for Ferrari and Lamborghini, respectively, but the Lamborghini font is kind of hard to read.
Information: B-
As I mentioned above, I would have liked to have seen the data for the most popular models in terms of price and units sold, instead of just getting that information for the most expensive models. Also, a pet peeve of mine – don’t set up a competition between two things and refuse to pick one as winner.
Source: Car Insurance List and Affordable Car Insurance
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This infographic might be very interesting to a person who lives or works in San Francisco. To someone who doesn’t, it was mildly interesting to see the differences between the Golden Gate Bridge and the still-to-come Bay Bridge. If you’re a bridge fanatic, this is exactly the kind of stuff you like. Unless you’re an extreme bridge fanatic, in which case you’ll probably already know all the information given on this graphic, and will want more detailed information about how many man hours each will take, the amount of paint it will take to paint the lines on the road, and stuff like that. Or, if you’re afraid of bridges, this graphic could give you a big old case of the heebie jeebies. But I digress…
Bridges in San Francisco – There Was a Big One, Now There is Going to Be A Bigger One
Assuming everyone cares about the difference between these two bridges, the biggest question here is what the researcher considered to be the criteria for “California’s greatest bridge.” Does the location make one greater than the other? Is the older one greater because it was built first, in a time that provided more challenges to a project of its scope? Is the newer one greater because it is much longer? The infographic shows which bridge comes out on top for each category, but doesn’t state earlier in the graphic what will actually determine the “greatness” of the bridge. I’m thinking a different title might have been more appropriate. The data collection is great, but the organization of the Bay Bridge stats, and then more stats below compared to Golden Gate Bridge stats was a little confusing for me.
San [Font] Cisco
The title font is just awful. I see what they were going for – a Rice-A-Roni sort of feel, but it doesn’t work for me and, let’s face it, nothing looks good with it. The typeface right below it is a serif font, but later in the graphic there is a clean typeface I think they should have used throughout. I think everything from “Today’s Bridges” down looks fantastic, and gets the point of the graphic across. I just wish they had “tallied” up to see who “won.”
Which Bridge Is Better?
In the side by side comparison, the bridge with the “greater” stat had its data presented in larger letters or numbers, to indicate who “won” for that category. Again, had there been a tally or conclusion at the end, I would have liked it better. They probably want the viewer to decide for themselves, but I guess I’m lazy, because I wanted them to tell me which bridge was greater.
As infographics go, I think this one accomplished the goal of communicating data, though the mix of typefaces was a little much for me, and if they weren’t going to come down on one side or another I wish they’d presented the comparison in a different way.
Design: C-/B
C for the top part with all the wonky typefaces, but B+ for the lower section. From “Today’s Bridges” down it was a quite attractive infographic.
Information: A-
It tells loads of information about both bridges.
San Francisco bridge information about Golden Gate Bridge facts and Bay Bridge Construction submitted by SFTravel.com
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It has been a while since we reviewed a dark, mostly black infographic, so I’m excited to give it a whirl. This infographic deals with a topic most of us view as a necessary evil: car insurance, but I digress…
This truly is an infographic, as in informational graphic. The bottom two-thirds of the image is heavy-laden with bulleted text that informs you of facts and tidbits related to all things car and insurance. For example, State Farm is the largest auto insurer in the United States and by a large margin. A handy bar graph is included right below the textual information to let you know just how big of a margin that lead really is. Where the heck is Geico? Surprisingly, It isn’t in the top 10 of insurance carriers. Poor little gecko.
As a parent to a male teen I certainly wasn’t surprised to learn that male teens pay the highest premiums of anyone, even with a clean record: $2500 a year sounds about right. Even more details are given about how car insurance is affected by the type of car you drive, what your credit rating is (really!) and how even your occupation figures into higher premiums: actors, pilots and scientists are apparently high risk. Actors and pilots I can understand, but scientists? That is surprising to me.
The one number that caught me off guard was the $80,000 that the average American spends on car insurance over a lifetime. Wow. Makes you think about walking and biking a little more.
Obviously this infographic is no slouch for details which means the informational side of things is well insured, but what about the graphics? Is it like a car wreck, so bad you can’t look away or does it safely support the text with a good use of image and color? Well, except for the initial graph the colors are rather muted and used against a dark gray/black background so nothing really pops after the first graphic. There really aren’t any eye-catching images, just graphs and a few tinted images of the United States map, some cars and some $100 dollar bills.
All the images support the theme but have been regulated to supporting players rather than featured objects, and there is nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately the largest, brightest image is also the least interesting, visually speaking. The creator of the infographic does do something fun and shows the large graph of information as it would look based on specific person such as an 18-year old unmarried female vs a 55 year-old married female. The pie chart graph changes wildly when looking at different types of drivers and gives you a good idea of how very different rates can be. Nice job there. I found that to be an extremely creative use of this type of pie-chart/graph.
My only real complaint would be the use of such small text being reversed out on a dark background. This is notoriously hard to read and even harder to read when done at such a small point size. Thankfully the used a very clean and readable font and stayed away from a serif typeface.
Design: B-
The infographic design was crisp, clean and slick all around. The choice of reverse type (and it was a lot of reverse type) is questionable, but it followed the theme put in place. The design was thought out and a strategy was followed and that surely counts for something.
Information: A
Even though the information about car insurance was hard to read, it was interesting to squint and read it all. I learned a few things about a subject matter that is usually dry and/or considered to confusing to look into so kudos to the research team.
via Car Insurance
