Hummers = Tickets. Need a payday loan? - Personal Money Store Blog
Gives us yet another reason to downgrade to smaller, more economical, more environmentally-friendly cars. Apparently, Hummer drivers receive nearly five times more (4.63 to be exact) tickets than the average driver.Quality Planning Corp. surveyed data from 1.7 million drivers and discovered that the Hummer models H2 and H3 are the most frequently ticketed vehicles on the road . At the opposite extreme, the GMC Sierra CL1500 pickup was least likely to be ticketed. OK, maybe that isn’t the most economical car…
Back to the drawing board?“The sense of power that Hummer drivers derive from their vehicle may be directly correlated with the number of violations they incur, or perhaps Hummer drivers, by virtue of their driving position, are less likely to notice road hazards, signs, pedestrians and other drivers,” said Raj Bhat, president of Quality Planning Corp.
The study suggests such an attitude is unique to Hummer drivers and doesn’t apply to everyone in an SUV. Mechanically, the Hummer resembles a Chevy Tahoe, but Tahoe drivers were ticked less than average. Other cars below average include the Jaguar XJ and Buick Lucerne.
