Don’t like to get tickets? Don’t get a Hummer then! The reason I say this is because the Hummer is officially the most ticketed vehicle in America. A company called ISO Quality Planning did a study of over 1.7 million ticketed vehicles and found the Hummer to be the vehicle that gets the most tickets.

Here is the company’s methodology of how they went about getting this result:

“Traffic code violations data for a one-year period from 2007 and 2008 were used for the study. Vehicles that were discontinued for more than 10 years were not included in the analysis. Violations were standardized based on the number of violations per 100,000 miles driven for each model. That standardization accounts for the differences in average annual miles driven by different models. Each vehicle model’s violation count per 100,000 miles was compared with the average across all the models to identify the 10 models with the highest and lowest violations, as compared to the average. For example, Hummer drivers were 4.63 times more likely to get a ticket, as compared to the average.”

And here is the full list: 

Now there must be something said for the reasons as to why Hummers get ticketed so much. The argument that all you need to do is see the type of person that drives a Hummer to understand does hold some truth to it. Even though it is a stereotype, it’s a stereotype for a reason right? The point is Hummers get ticketed almost 5 times more than other vehicles! Want a tip on how to lower your insurance? Don’t buy a Hummer…

Source: Jalopnik

Photo: ISO Quality Planning