Which cars draw the most tickets?
02-09-2009, 05:35 PM
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Which cars draw the most tickets?
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...aspx?GT1=33004
Not anything really new, but news that hopefully puts us in check.
Not anything really new, but news that hopefully puts us in check.
1-22-09
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. [...]
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. [...]
02-09-2009, 06:05 PM
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I guess the xD is left out of the club again.
02-09-2009, 06:08 PM
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r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-repost
02-09-2009, 06:16 PM
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02-09-2009, 06:20 PM
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u have no idea how many times this has already been reposted!!!
do a little searching before you post news that you think could change the world....
do a little searching before you post news that you think could change the world....
02-09-2009, 06:27 PM
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it better be locked
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