Is Your Car a Cop Magnet?

Saw this and thought I'd share: [url=http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/850/Is-Your-Car-a-Cop-Magnet-]Is Your Car a Cop Magnet?- Yahoo! Autos Article Page[/url]

Even in LA CLS63s and CLK63s are rare, so for them to be the 4th and 6th most ticketed cars in America is sort of shocking. Particularly in light of not a single Porsche or BMW M is on the list.

simply I can't take that seriously

The Scion TC makes a lot of sense, it's driven mostly by teenagers.. Hummers being #1 also makes a lot of sense since they're driven by douche bags.

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Is Your Car a Cop Magnet?[/QUOTE]

My wife drives an '06 Scion Xa, which I own and is 7th on the list... So I guess it is. No tickets on that car so far though :)

[QUOTE]2. Chevrolet Suburban
Suburban drivers tend to need their large SUVs for hauling people or towing trailers, not breaking land speed records. So it's not surprising to see it on the list of least-ticketed cars.

3. Chevrolet Tahoe
The Tahoe shares some architecture with the Hummer H2, the most-ticketed car in America. Despite the two having similar sizes, the Tahoe manages not to attract as much police attention.

4. Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500
It's no shocker to find Chevrolet's heavy-duty trucks among the least-ticketed vehicles. These trucks are usually bought for their towing ability, not for impromptu drag races.[/QUOTE]
False, in LA at least.

^ Lol cholos

That study may have little to do with if your car is a cop magnet.

Speed cameras are more plentiful than ever these days and they don't know if you're driving a Gallardo, TC or a Yugo.

My company car is a Camry...the most vanilla and common car on the road...and the only ticket I've had in ten years was in it, 48 in a 35 caught on camera.

My personal car is red and sporty and I do drive over the speed limits 99% of the time.

I think they forgot to factor in [B]ethnicity [/B]there..

my car should be.. but amazingly i havent been pulled over once in it. the mini i used to get pulled over regularly, but never a ticket. i have been fortunate to only get one speeding ticket ever, and it was in my honda accord in the middle of the night, with my girlfriend and my mom in the car.

[QUOTE=cmcpokey;871084]my car should be.. but amazingly i havent been pulled over once in it. the mini i used to get pulled over regularly, [B]but never a ticket[/B]. [/QUOTE]

Marines ID card ftw?

Toyota Solara? Really? One of the most boring cars ever?

And the Ford F-150, Suburban and Tahoe should be most ticketed for the same reason why the Hummers are ticketed often.

[QUOTE=Niko_Fx;871100]Marines ID card ftw?[/QUOTE]

navy... and yes.

i need military ID.....

but it's about how you drive. just like a radar detector is useless without common sense.

of course its the people who hog the left lane and arn't paying attention that should be ticketed..... they hold everything up causing aggressive driving.

[QUOTE=coolieman1220;871133]i need military ID.....

but it's about how you drive. just like a radar detector is useless without common sense.

of course its the people who hog the left lane and arn't paying attention that should be ticketed..... they hold everything up causing aggressive driving.[/QUOTE]

PBA card could help.

I've been pulled over a couple of times; EU license FTW. They rarely have the presence of mind to ask for my NC license.

Altezza tail lights are pretty much a surefire way of getting pulled over, iffin you're out late at night weekends. So.. a Hummer sporting Altezzas in the rear and a 400lbs donut on the roof would attract more cops than a Blues Brothers car chase?

Only when it's doing 80MPH in a 55MPH zone and the car behind it is unmarked...

I guess mine is, I got stopped last thursday because i overtook a colleague near a pedestrian crossing at night. My dad and I measured it and it was atleast 93 meters before the crossing, where i shoved my car in front of him again. My colleague was braking to pick up somebody. Definately don't agree with this ticket and really going to fight it. 240 euro and one point is a lot of punishment for this..

unfortunately there is no break-down according to the offense committed, (in particular whether the cops pulled a car over or a camera did the job), so I think these figures as such have no value.

my grey 98 Camry is probably the furthest thing away from a cop magnet...lol

From personal experience the more affordable the car is you're driving the more attention you get. When I got my license I never got stopped in my parents car, but plenty of times in my own MkI Fiesta - which couldn't break the speed limit if its life depended on it. Never got a ticket though. *knocks on wood*

I think how do you look like plays a pretty big role too.

I mean I look quite innocent and I've only been stopped once despite driving supercharged Minis, BMWs, Audis or Jags. And no tickets too. :)

I've been pulled over too many times in my old car.. Which is half the reason I sold it..

Hmm no bmws?

[QUOTE=NicFromLA;871043] Particularly in light of not a single Porsche or BMW M is on the list.[/QUOTE]

i can understand that. never been troubled by the cops at all.

They all love classic porsches.


F*ckin euro snobs

Our older Commodore 1979 model, Had the cops pull me over all the time, Asking for ID did i steal it, Where was i going, Whats in the car, My age. Not a fast car at all.
Move onto the 1992 Commodore a car that is known to have dickheads behind the wheel. Not one cop pulled me over in it. It's lowered with exhaust not even a look.
Now with the 2000 Berlina nothing at all ever.

[QUOTE=whiteballz;874824]They all love classic porsches.

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rightfully so.. they're just doing their job by focusing on the riff raff :p
[QUOTE=SlickHolden;874861]Our older Commodore 1979 model, Had the cops pull me over all the time, Asking for ID did i steal it, Where was i going, Whats in the car, My age. Not a fast car at all.[/QUOTE]

LOL i got followed in my VN all the way home once, they assumed it was stolen.

[quote=clutch-monkey;874881]
LOL i got followed in my VN all the way home once, they assumed it was stolen.[/quote]
But it was wasn't it:D lol.

haha i wish it was stolen, off me. :D

how do you do that large laugh ? That's what i am doing right now:p.

[quote=clutch-monkey;874881]rightfully so.. they're just doing their job by focusing on the riff raff :p[/quote]


I'd laugh if it wasn't true.

Next time your down im putting you to work on the celica.

We're going to paint the wheels black and the calipers red.

then strip it out for some lulz

Planing on rallying it ballz ?.

Around the local mountian hills... Yes.

Hmmm sounds interesting:).

[QUOTE=whiteballz;874894]I'd laugh if it wasn't true.

Next time your down im putting you to work on the celica.

We're going to paint the wheels black and the calipers red.

then strip it out for some lulz[/QUOTE]

i'm currently panel beating and repainting all the parts below the stripe on my car as practice :) colour doesn't quite match... they didn't have '30 year old dirty paint' in stock.

I know the feeling..

[QUOTE=clutch-monkey;874906]i'm currently panel beating and repainting all the parts below the stripe on my car as practice :) colour doesn't quite match... they didn't have '30 year old dirty paint' in stock.[/QUOTE]

If you want some practice Clutch I can send you my bus to see if you can remove some of the cellulote out the rear quarters or you can try and fix up my spares car One side is straight but the other needs a little work:eek:

i've been driving dor 6 years and i've never been pulled over by cops. Not even when I was 18 whith a baby face that looked 14 or in car stops near clubs... But again, i drive a C1, which can explain pretty much everything