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Which Cars Get the Most Traffic Tickets?

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-'84-buick-lesabre-is-probably-not-getting-you-into-trouble dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Have you ever been pulled over for a traffic stop and wondered if your sporty car was what caught the officer's attention? Ever had an officer pass up your clunker to snag a flashier vehicle? Well, there's now some data showing which vehicles accumulate the most tickets. According to a study by Insurance.com, drivers of the Subaru WRX, Pontiac GTO, and Scion FR-S get a higher percentage of tickets than drivers of any other cars. At the bottom of the list, we see vehicles such as the Ford Ecosport, the Land Rover LR4, and Chevy Sportvan. They have a widget that will let you see data on your own make/model, if you're curious.

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  1. Before you even start by timeOday · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Here is an important line from the (extremely short) article:

    "Cars don't get tickets, drivers do - but those drivers like the WRX," Insurance.com Managing Editor Des Toups noted in a statement about the study.

  2. correlation != causation by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do they get tickets because they drive these vehicles, or do they drive these vehicles because they're the sort who get tickets?

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  3. Re:#6, VW Rabbit? Really? by afidel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, it's a list of inexpensive sports cars and cheap cars that young drivers will be able to afford. The only one on that list that really stuck out to me was the Prius C, guess the younger demographic isn't as eco-conscious as the folks that bought the original Prius.

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  4. Re:Study is quite incomplete by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Looks like they are the car models that are mostly driven by younger drivers. I would guess that explains most of it.

  5. Who drives $2,500 used sports cars? Teen boys by raymorris · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > TFA was bullshit when I saw the Supra on the list ranked at #4 (and the 3000 GT at #17).
    > They stopped making both of those cars well over 10 years ago

    So they are sporty cars that are ten years old and now worth about $2,500. What kind of driver with $2,500 to spend on a car buys something sporty? Teenage boys, maybe?

    Would teenage boys who drive sports cars be more likely to get tickets that a soccer mom in a minivan?