Hummer drivers lead in tickets

[Newsjock]

Source: Consumer Reports

Hummer drivers get almost five times as many tickets as the national average for all vehicles, according to a 2009 study.

Conducted by San Francisco-based Quality Planning, a company that provides statistical information to insurance companies to help them determine rates, the one-year study looked at violations during 2007 and 2008. The findings were standardized based on the number of violations per 100,000 miles driven for different models. Drivers of Hummer H2s and H3s stood out over smaller vehicles, so to speak, with 4.63 time more tickets.

The reasons for this could be debated long and hard, but one theory was offered up by Mark S. Foster, author of “A Nation on Wheels: The Automotive Culture in America since 1945” is that “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 effect their driving attitude.”

Read more: http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/10/hummer-drivers-lead-in-tickets-national-average-car-tickets-study.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks#

[shadowknows69]

1. And small penises in a related study.

[xfundy]

15. Exactly.

Every time I see a hummer on the road, I think, "sorry about your dick."

[YOY]

2. I'm shocked I tell you!

People stupid enough to buy an overpriced POS that is horribly inefficient and has no trunk space or real off road capabilities drive like shit?!?!?!

What is the world coming to?!?!?

[MNDemNY]

3. I think those who bought these bohemouths...

are predisposed to ass-hole behavior.

[depakid]

4. That and they stick out like sore thumbs and are inherently more dangerous

[Mopar151]

5. And remember, H2's and H3's are poseurs

with a generic GM SUV chassis. The H1 is the real deal as far as off-road goes- but they are the vast minority, and not included in this group.

[Orsino]

10. H1s are the original poseurs. n/t

[Mopar151]

12. I would beg to differ

And I have seen an H1 used for a pit bike.... but the original urban off-road poseur is, IMHO, the Land Rover Defender - ezpecially, as I have personally witnessed, when equipped with 22" chrome 'n gold wire wheels.

[nc4bo]

6. The few Hummer drivers I've encountered always seem to be extremely aggressive drivers.

Pure de assholes.

[bigwillq]

7. Not my neighbor.

He's a good guy, and, by golly, a Democrat.

[Mopar151]

13. In the Greater Boston area

The Escalade is the genetic marker for "asshole behind the wheel". I am trying to start a rumor that MA licensed Escalades have to have an interlock installed so that they will not shift out of park until the cell phone is raised to the talking position. Honda Pilots and Chevy Avalanche(s) are being evaluated for similar requirements.

[JuniperLea]

8. I wonder if that statistic will increase their auto insurance...

I'd think so.

I'd be embarrassed to drive one, myself.

[corpseratemedia]

9. well, you name a car after a bj...

you get jerk-offs for drivers

[ddeclue]

11. DUZY ALERT!

[Matariki]

14. For speeding or for driving alone in the commuter lane?

seems to be THE car of choice for selfish people.

[cliffordu]

16. And in a related story, cyclists lead in hummers.

[Gormy Cuss]

17. And two Scion models are #2 and #3

Young punk drivers.