Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Cars that Get the Most Traffic Tickets; Do You Drive One?

Insurance.com has put out this list of the most ticketed vehicles, and what percentage of those cars get tickets over a three year period, based on data from 526 models and more than 557,000 recent customers.


CARS THAT GET THE MOST TICKETS
Rank/Make and model/% with tickets
1. Subaru WRX – 33.6%
2. Pontiac GTO – 32.7%
3. Scion FR-S – 32.6%
4. Toyota Supra – 30.8%
5. Subaru Tribeca – 29.7%
6. Volkswagen Rabbit – 29.6%
7. Mercury Topaz – 28.8%
8. Scion tC – 28.8%
9. Toyota FJ Cruiser – 28.4%
10. Mazda Mazda2 – 28.1%
11. Hyundai Veloster – 28.1%
12. Volkswagen GTI – 28.1%
13. Suzuki Reno                – 28.1%
14. Scion xA – 27.8%
15. Pontiac G8 – 27.7%
16. MINI Cooper S Countryman – 27.5%
17. Mitsubishi 3000 GT – 27.4%
18. Saturn Aura – 27.1%
19. Infiniti QX56/QX80 – 27.1%
20. Toyota Prius C – 27.0%
“It’s not about horsepower,” Insurance.com says. “The Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper and Nissan GT-R rank well below average for tickets even though they can easily double the highest speed limits. But those cars are also costly, so their buyers tend to be older and take fewer risks.”
For all models, 19.9 percent of drivers reported having a traffic violation – usually speeding but also including such offenses as failure to yield and drunken driving – in the previous three years.

2 comments:

  1. These are all cars that are often bought second-hand and extensively modified by amateurs thinking they are stock-car racers. This list makes total sense.

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  2. It would be interesting to see the age cohort run up with these. That's probably more telling.

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