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01-27-2009, 04:59 PM
If you like getting tickets, consider a Hummer SUV when making your next vehicle purchase. (latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/01/hummers-tops-in.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2008_Hummer_H2.jpgMartin Zimmerman - LA Times - Jan. 20, 2009
Hummer H2 – So heavy it doesn’t need an EPA rating. Estimates of around 11 mpg abound however.
I guess even police officers have a dislike for the things... -- Ed.
Quality Planning, a San Francisco firm that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, studied moving violations given to drivers of various vehicle models in the United States between August 2007 and September 2008. The firm ranked models based on how far above or below they were to the national average in terms of violations. (The average across all models was 0.23 violations per 100,000 miles driven.)
According to the study, drivers of the Hummer H2 and H3, with 1.07 tickets per 100,000 miles, were 4.63 times more likely to get a ticket than the average driver. The sporty tC came in a close second at 4.60 times the average.
Based on the study, “ticketability” appears to be related mainly to one or more of these factors: size, speed and driver age.
For instance, take the high-riding Hummer, one of the biggest “light” vehicles on the road.
“The sense of power that Hummer drivers derive from their vehicle may be directly correlated with the number of violations they incur,” Quality Planning President Raj Bhat said. “Or perhaps Hummer drivers, by virtue of their driving position, are less likely to notice road hazards, signs, pedestrians and other drivers... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/01/hummers-tops-in.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2008_Hummer_H2.jpgMartin Zimmerman - LA Times - Jan. 20, 2009
Hummer H2 – So heavy it doesn’t need an EPA rating. Estimates of around 11 mpg abound however.
I guess even police officers have a dislike for the things... -- Ed.
Quality Planning, a San Francisco firm that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, studied moving violations given to drivers of various vehicle models in the United States between August 2007 and September 2008. The firm ranked models based on how far above or below they were to the national average in terms of violations. (The average across all models was 0.23 violations per 100,000 miles driven.)
According to the study, drivers of the Hummer H2 and H3, with 1.07 tickets per 100,000 miles, were 4.63 times more likely to get a ticket than the average driver. The sporty tC came in a close second at 4.60 times the average.
Based on the study, “ticketability” appears to be related mainly to one or more of these factors: size, speed and driver age.
For instance, take the high-riding Hummer, one of the biggest “light” vehicles on the road.
“The sense of power that Hummer drivers derive from their vehicle may be directly correlated with the number of violations they incur,” Quality Planning President Raj Bhat said. “Or perhaps Hummer drivers, by virtue of their driving position, are less likely to notice road hazards, signs, pedestrians and other drivers... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/2009/01/hummers-tops-in.html