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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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Drivers of Hummer SUVs were 4.63 times more likely to get a traffic ticket than the average driver, concludes a yearlong study by a company that helps insurers identify risks.

ISO Quality Planning, the San Francisco company that studied the records of 1.7 million drivers, compiled a list of ticket magnets that confirmed some long-held notions: Owners of the 507-horsepower Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG and similarly muscular CLK63 AMG received outsized numbers of tickets, as did the generally young owners of the relatively inexpensive Scion tC, xB and xA, and the Audi A4 sports sedan.

But also on that most-ticketed list were the Subaru Outback and the Toyota Camry Solara and Matrix, three cars not known for great speed or expressing the rebellious nature of their owners. Meanwhile, the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, virtually identical mechanically to their General Motors sibling Hummer, appeared on the least-ticketed list.

Sharing the bottom of the list? Buicks, minivans and pickups.







Source:http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...aspx?GT1=33004
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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I got pulled over shortly after I installed my cf hood, lol. This was a while back though.

But yea, i've seen lots of tcs getting pulled over on i-95.

Start driving under the speed limit people, lol.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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yeah cops tend to look for nice cars... isn't that profiling?? Who knew cops would do something like that.

I'll tell you what, i get a lot of tickets in my POS jeep that i drive for the winter! Must have something to do with almost half the body missing due to rot and that fact that i haven't spent a dime on it since i got it for free and it shows!!
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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repost.
and yes its profiling.
i had 35%tint on my BSP front windows got passed by a Trail Blazer SS (black) with 5% on the windshield and front windows (within a quarter mile) in front of me was the SS he passed the cop nothing happened i passed the cop and got yanked i was ____ed
anyways repost
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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everybody should get the maget from spencers that says " o sorry officer,i thought you wanted to race." they get so mad when they see that andwhen you drivve speed limit they follow you and get ____ed and then do a flyby... good times
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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It really has to do with the drivers, not the cars.
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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^correcto
Old Jan 29, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ahatch133
repost.
Ya, I think it's the 3rd or 4th one this week.
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by nodsetse
Originally Posted by ahatch133
repost.
Ya, I think it's the 3rd or 4th one this week.
reposting to remind the scion family to drive safe...
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 04:16 AM
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cause we all love eachother right!
and the thread of
Toalted My TC or whatever
someone new everyday posts one and it needs to stop
so drive carefully keep them on the road and less accidents
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 04:29 AM
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Now is are these results for just speeding or for everything like window tint?
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:04 AM
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that explains alot.. haha
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:06 AM
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i stay in OC maryland for the summer.. Pulled over 6 times between maryland/ delaware area in 3 months.. No tickets..
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:06 AM
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I mean really people can we say we did not see this coming? Its a brand aimed at the YOUTH market. And some old people like them too so you have the 2 highest profile drivers out there in our brand car.
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 05:54 AM
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damn somebody beat me to this post. oh well.

pulled over 3 wks ago, went to driving school. then got 2 tickets in the mail from photo radar, but obviously not going to pay. i know how the photo radar system works. i work for a process serving company, and its not worth a process servers time.
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I am a total victim of profiling!! So my buddy and I took a cruise down to Florida to escape the cold weather for a while. During my drive down in vigina I was going 75 in a 65. Seems a little fast but not at all. I was all the way in the left lane when I just happened to barley pass and I mean creep past a cop driving. So after I pass him I get in front of him to let traffic pass and three cars zoom past me after I get over. I stay my same speed since the cop was also going that speed. The cop follows me for a good half mile then pulls me over! What a jerk! Tell me that isn't messed up! The cars that I got out of the way for were going way faster then me and he pulls me over out of all them. He saw my car and went for it. That's just wrong.

Just had to vent a little!
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:08 PM
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Yep...youth car, young people drive faster....
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DJ08tC
Now is are these results for just speeding or for everything like window tint?
seriously, that would explain a lot for that high number, of course people are getting ticketed left and right for tinted tails, 5% tinted windows, loud systems etc.

I wanna know the same.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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yea... i got pulled over for doin 92 in a 70... stupid move but no one was around... my radar went off and i saw a cop driving the other way so i was like whatever... bout 5 min later i see lights n sirens about a mile behind me. i put down my windows, turned off my hids, got in the slow lane and went the speed limit... he pulled a super troopers on me... he passed then stepped on the breaks and got right behind me. got a ticket for speeding then he pulled the good ol "can u put ur windows about half way up." and i ended gettin a ticket for that too.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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hmm you know you cant get a ticket if they follow you for more than a mile right?



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