Who gets the most traffic tickets ?

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

The most-ticketed vehicle: The Hummer

Published 19 hours ago, by ■ Joan Firstenberg
The most-ticketed vehicle: The Hummer

by Joan Firstenberg.
Drive a hummer H2 or H3? You could be in for a ticket from a cop soon. A new report finds that Hummer drivers are ticketed by police at more than four times the rate of people driving other cars.



The Hummer H2 and H3 have become high risk victims of tickets. The report by ISO Quality Planning of San Francisco also found that other big SUVs, like the Chevrolet Suburban and the Tahoe, are not getting the same number of police tickets. In fact the study shows vehicles that share the Hummer's structural and mechanical basics, but are not the real thing, are among the least likely to be ticketed for moving violations.

The study was based on the number of tickets issued across the country in a 12-month period by drivers of over 1.7 million vehicles. What's up with these results? Quality Planning Raj Bhat says,

"The sense of power that Hummer drivers derive from their vehicle may be directly correlated with the number of violations they incur. Or perhaps Hummer drivers, by virtue of their driving position, are less likely to notice road hazards, signs, pedestrians or other drivers."

The study found other vehicles whose drivers attracted an above-average numbers of tickets are those that appeal to young people, like the Toyota/Scion xA, xB and tC; and at least two that appeal to auto fans, the Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG and CLS63 AMG.

This isn't the first survey to single out Hummer drivers. The Highway Loss Data Institute, a suburban Virginia-based group linked with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, says on its Web site that H3s have a "substantially worse than average," rate of claims for property damage, though not for other types of claims. The H2, meanwhile records a substantially worse-then-average record for property damage, bodily injury and fire and theft claims.

But there are some Hummer owners who love their vehicles and don't have any problems with them. Steve Nemiroff of Roslyn Heights, Long Island, a home builder and renovator says he has driven his Hummer over 163-thousand miles, and never been ticketed for a moving violation. He says he bought his H2 Hummer in 2003, and feels extremely safe behind the wheel.

"No matter what the weather or where I am, I never worry about me getting hurt."

The Hummer is made by General Motors.

[DRTYFN]

That is such crap. I've had one ticket(failure to heed a traffic device-stupid construction sign ) since November of 2002. I don't think I've EVER seen a Hummer driver getting a ticket either.

[frenzy1]

One speeding ticket so far.

frenzy
Belgium

[8500lbs]

I am in the range of 25-35...

crazy but true.....

b

[ROX]

Originally Posted by 8500lbs

I am in the range of 25-35...

crazy but true.....

b

Really?! How the heck did you get so many!

I got pulled over ONCE in my 03 H2 and it didn't even have plates yet. She didn't give me a ticket. haha I haven't been pulled over since. knockonwood

[wannabeH3]

got a ticket in 07 for blocking an intesection in front of work, but there was another SUV sticking out farther than me in the other lane

[KenP]

Some interesting, and telling, passages:

The report by ISO Quality Planning of San Francisco

the study shows vehicles that share the Hummer's structural and mechanical basics, but are not the real thing, are among the least likely to be ticketed for moving violations.

sense of power that Hummer drivers derive

[8500lbs]

Originally Posted by ROX

Really?! How the heck did you get so many!

Many Reasons. I have been walked around my H2 several times after being pulled over, to check for both high an low beam headlights, proper bumper height, proper exhaust, and any other BS they could find. I have recieved many speeding tickets because i usually travel 10 or so over the limit.

b

[wpage]

Never stopped over 3 years

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

DID ANY OF YOU READ THE POST SLOWLY ???

Just because YOU haven't gotten a ticket doesn't mean others haven't gotten any...

Now if you can prove BOTH studies are bogus...put up or shut up...

LOL

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Hummers tops in 'ticketability'
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
According to the study, drivers of the Hummer H2 and H3, with 1.07 tickets per 100000 miles, were 4.63 times more likely to get a ticket than the average ...
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Filed under: SUVs, Government/Legal, Safety, HUMMER, Scion, Toyota
Do HUMMER drivers get more tickets? A new study thinks so...

by Chris Shunk on Jan 20th 2009 at 12:56PM

Click above to view gallery of the Most Ticketed Vehicles

I had a yellow Chevrolet Corvette Z06 last summer. When I took it by my parents house, my dad warned me not to break the speed limit because sports cars were a big red flag for law enforcement. His logic made complete sense, but it turns out that sports cars aren't necessarily the the most likely vehicles to get tickets. That honor goes to the HUMMER H2 and H3. ISO Quality and Planning, which does studies for insurance companies, found that HUMMER drivers are four times more likely to get a ticket than the average driver. Nobody has any concrete reason for why this is, but some guesses include a misplaced sense of power or an inability to notice road signs and hazards due to an elevated driving position. Of course, it could also be that due to the brand's subconscious negative baggage, police officers are more likely to give HUMMER drivers a ticket than a warning.

Other vehicles that are more likely to be involved in a road violation include the Scion tC, xA, and xB. Those vehicles often find themselves being driven by younger drivers who typically get more tickets anyway. Surprising, though, is the fact that the Toyota Solara and Subaru Outback also made the list. Not exactly barn burners, there. Interestingly, eight out of the 10 least ticketed vehicles come from General Motors, while six of the 10 most ticketed vehicles come from Toyota. View the galleries below to see the entire lists of the most and least ticketed vehicles from the Quality and Planning study. Thanks for the tip, Droids1!

Gallery: Most Ticketed Vehicles

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[Bully13]

Nicole and I were pulled over only once... it was on the way back from Moab. We were in UT still. We were going 10 miles over the speed limit. No ticket. Just a warning (don't ask me how I pulled that off) and that's as close as we have come to getting a ticket.

[brad_p]

Got my first today 70 in a 55.