Hummer Drivers Get the Most Tickets

[Swallow Doretti]

http://www.newsday.com/service...story

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Report: Hummer drivers get more tickets from police BY TOM INCANTALUPO | tom.incantalupo@newsday.com January 15, 2009 What is it about those Hummer drivers? A company that helps auto insurers spot high risks says in a new report that drivers of the H2 and H3 are ticketed by police at more than four times the rate of the average driver - the highest of models it studied. But contrary to the stereotype of the aggressive sport utility vehicle driver, the report by ISO Quality Planning of San Francisco also found that drivers of Chevrolet Suburbans and Tahoes, big SUVs that share structural and mechanical basics with the H2, are among the least likely to get tickets for moving violations, based on a study of tickets issued nationwide in a 12-month period ended last year by drivers of more than 1.7 million vehicles. Why the difference? Quality Planning executives can only guess. "The sense of power that Hummer drivers derive from their vehicle may be directly correlated with the number of violations they incur," president Raj Bhat said in statement. "Or perhaps Hummer drivers, by virtue of their driving position, are less likely to notice road hazards, signs, pedestrians or other drivers." On Long Island, homebuilder and renovator Steve Nemiroff of Roslyn Heights said yesterday he has never been ticketed for a moving violation in 163,000 miles of driving the 2003 H2 he bought from North Bay Cadillac Hummer in Great Neck. And he said he does feel safe behind the wheel. "No matter what the weather or where I am," he said, "I never worry about me getting hurt." Quality Planning said other vehicles whose drivers attract above-average numbers of tickets are those that appeal to young people, especially the Toyota/Scion xA, xB and tC; and at least two that appeal to auto enthusiasts, the Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG and CLS63 AMG. Quality Planning's survey isn't the first to single out the drivers of Hummers; the Highway Loss Data Institute, a suburban Virginia-based group affiliated 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 institute says the larger Hummer H2 has a substantially worse-than-average record for property damage and also for bodily injury and even fire and theft claims. Drivers of these vehicles get the most tickets: * Hummer H2, H3 Scion tC Scion xB Mercedes CLK63AMG Toyota Solara Coupe Mercedes CLS63AMG Scion xA Subaru Outback Audi A4 Toyota Matrix Drivers of these get the least: Jaguar XJ Chevrolet Suburban Chevrolet Tahoe Chevrolet C/K 2500/3500 pickup Buick Park Avenue Mazda 6 Buick Ranier SUV Oldsmobile Silhouette minivan Buick Lucerne GMC Sierra C1500 pickup *In order, based on percent of average rate per 100,000 miles driven

[geofftii2002]

I totally believe Scion Tc drivers being 2nd on the list... it seems that around here being a total douche is a prerequisite for buying one.

[Spindle]

Quote, originally posted by Swallow Doretti »

.... Oldsmobile Silhouette minivan

What are the odds that both of the remaining Silhouette owners are getting tickets ??

[PacerX]

Strangely, the Canyonero episode of the Simpsons was on yesterday.

[MBeroose]

Quote, originally posted by geofftii2002 »

I totally believe Scion Tc drivers being 2nd on the list... it seems that around here being a total douche is a prerequisite for buying one.

Yep, or a dirty pirate hooker, judging by the female owners I've known.

And what kind of a retard buys a fridge on wheels and speeds? Late for the Star Trek convention?

[geofftii2002]

Quote, originally posted by MBeroose »

Yep, or a dirty pirate hooker, judging by the female owners I've known.

Yeah, that too!

[PDing]

[MidnightSpecial]

Quote, originally posted by PDing »

Good thing because no one will disappoint you quite like me.

[-HighdB-]

Quote, originally posted by geofftii2002 »

I totally believe Scion Tc drivers being 2nd on the list... it seems that around here being a total douche is a prerequisite for buying one.

It's funny that this thread came up and you mentioned that. I was saying the same thing to a co-worker yesterday. Around here literally 90% of the Tc's I see are FLYING and driving like complete wankers.

[Grinder]

Part of answer from article:
H2 driver says "I never worry about me getting hurt."

Interesting that Suburbans and Tahoes are low. The cynic in me sees them and feels some brotherly love since there are some owned by his police Dept.

[Impeccable]

Funny thing is alot of H2 drivers think theyre driving a "TRUCK" as if its an 18 wheeler so they can do whatvere they want

[All Righty There]

Hummer drivers act as the bullies of the road. I totally agree with this survey. The pay back is that they won't likely be able to buy another one ever again.

[Chmeeee]

Irony is found here:

Quote, originally posted by Newsday »

On Long Island, homebuilder and renovator Steve Nemiroff of Roslyn Heights said yesterday he has never been ticketed for a moving violation in 163,000 miles of driving the 2003 H2 he bought from North Bay Cadillac Hummer in Great Neck. And he said he does feel safe behind the wheel. "No matter what the weather or where I am," he said, "I never worry about me getting hurt." ... The institute says the larger Hummer H2 has a substantially worse-than-average record for property damage and also for bodily injury and even fire and theft claims.

Quote, originally posted by Spindle »

What are the odds that both of the remaining Silhouette owners are getting tickets ??

Dude, its the Cadillac of minivans! Didn't you hear?

[Big M]

Quote, originally posted by Spindle »

What are the odds that both of the remaining Silhouette owners are getting tickets ??

The second half of the list is cars that get the least number of tickets for miles traveled.

[ToucheTurtle]

Quote, originally posted by PDing »

Why is she out of the kitchen?

[GahannaKid]

I've heard all of the stereotypes about Hummer drivers but I've yet to experience any of them first hand. All of the Hummer drivers I've talked to in person have been very nice and they drive no worse than any other vehicle on the road.

[AHFlynn]

Quote, originally posted by GahannaKid »

I've heard all of the stereotypes about Hummer drivers but I've yet to experience any of them first hand. All of the Hummer drivers I've talked to in person have been very nice and they drive no worse than any other vehicle on the road.

i was almost run off the road by a woman driving an H3 last winter. she failed to realize that the snow covered 2 lane road was actually 2 lanes, and naturally didnt see me next to her while she was talking on her cell phone and decided to drive in the middle of the road regardless. death to hummer drivers.

obligatory family guy clip:
http://s94.photobucket.com/alb...r.flv

[Pennywise]

Quote, originally posted by ToucheTurtle »

Why is she out of the kitchen?

, i almost spit out my beverage on my laptop

[LethaOne]

I want to know what the hell the Solara is doing up there.

[drhavoc]

Quote, originally posted by Spindle »

What are the odds that both of the remaining Silhouette owners are getting tickets ??

Impersonating a Dustbuster is a Felony

[SSLByron]

Mazda6 drivers on the low end? Really? Wow.

Then again, I didn't get one as a 6 owner either...

[10Ten]

seems that a high proportion of scion drivers are males under 25 who simply can't afford a hotter car. as we all know, 160hp is plenty enough to get your butt in trouble with the law. just be glad they can't afford a hotter car!

[TigerinColorado]

Scion tC
Scion xB
Scion xA

batting 1,000 those cars that are not Toyotas are!

[warrenW]

least:
Buick Park Avenue

not surprised. usually, older blue-haired women tend to leave them at home.

[Jetty!]

I'm not suprised by the top part of the "most ticketed" group:
Hummer H2, H3

Scion tC

Scion xB

But the rest are a "toss-up" to my observations. Douchebag drivers drive ALL makes and models.

I'm surprised the Mazda6 is so low, those seem to be driven overly aggressive day in and day out. Same with the Taho/Suburban/Heavy Duty pick-up crowd... they are excessively douchey it seems.

[CSmith]

Quote, originally posted by LethaOne »

I want to know what the hell the Solara is doing up there.

Most I've seen driving them are middle-aged women...who want something more "sporty" than the plain-vanilla Camry parked next to it in the showroom. (Salesman just says..."You must be looking for Camry relability with a hint of sportiness." )

[BluMagic]

Quote, originally posted by CSmith »

Most I've seen driving them are middle-aged women...who want something more "sporty" than the plain-vanilla Camry parked next to it in the showroom. (Salesman just says..."You must be looking for Camry relability with a hint of sportiness." )

omg... the wannabe cougs love the drop top solara, i think they feel like barbie

[KrautBrenner]

aside from the AMG benz and the A4, its most likely that the owners of all of the cars on list A, are in fact major douchers who think their car is the hottest thing on the planet, dumbass soccermoms making a valiant attempt (and failing) to pilot a motor vehicle in a logical manner, and/or putting on Guess makeup in the vanity mirror while texting on a Razr and fiddling with the Timberlake cd stuck in the changer.

the aforementioned two wehicles... because their ****ing fun as hell to drive badly at a high rate of speed


Modified by KrautBrenner at 4:21 PM 1-15-2009

[compy222]

Quote, originally posted by BluMagic »

omg... the wannabe cougs love the drop top solara, i think they feel like barbie

go to southwest florida. every other car is a conv. solara. i can see why the stereotype is there.

[VarianceVQ]

Quote, originally posted by KrautBrenner »

the aforementioned two wehicles... because their ****ing fun as hell to drive badly at a high rate of speed

And the fact they just happen to all be German had nothing to do with your reasoning, I assume.

[GTI 20v]

Quote, originally posted by MidnightSpecial »

Good thing because no one will disappoint you quite like me.

The first actual laugh out loud post of the day. Well done.

[DoubleNaught]

I cannot believe there is not a Viper, BMW or Porsche on that list....i won't believe that

[RaminGTI20]

not true.....my cousin has had an H2 since they came out...3 of them actualy and zero tickets, my dad has a porsche and a hummer and has never gotten a ticket in either of those cars...[knock on wood]

[masa8888]

Quote, originally posted by DoubleNaught »

I cannot believe there is not a Viper, BMW or Porsche on that list....i won't believe that

That's reserved for the "Don't you hate it when Viper, BMW and Porsche owners pay $_____ to drive their cars at or below the speed limit" thread.

[GolfGuy2003]

I'm surprised the mini wasn't on there. Everyone that I've come across is a total douche that drives on and they drive like aholes