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March 20, 2012 – 7:17 am | 12 Comments

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Hummer Owners Get Nailed Faster

Submitted by on February 1, 2009 3 Comments

Hummer owners, according to Quality Planning of San Francisco, are 463% more likely to get nailed by the Police than the average driver.  Also high on the list are three separate versions of Scion, Toyota’s youth brand.

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The reasoning behind why Hummer and Scion drivers get ticketed more often than other drivers is not clear but:

The driver behind the wheel of one vehicle may be eager to express his individuality, while another views his vehicle as nothing more than a way to get from A to B. Mark S. Foster, author of A Nation on Wheels: The Automobile Culture in America Since 1945, offered his assessment on the statistics: “Hummer drivers feel like kings of the road because of their elevated driving position. As these statistics show, they are leading the pack when it comes to violating the law, which may reflect their driving attitude.”

However if you are driving a Jaguar, you are probably pretty safe from the Cops (unless you are 70s English gangster driving a Mark 2) along with with hosts of Chevrolets, Buicks and Oldsmobiles. (No surprises here).

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