BMW Escapes CNBC's Most Ticketed Cars List

**Kevlar** · 07-10-2011, 10:31 AM

Yahoo put together a list of the Top 10 most ticketed cars... luckily, not one BMW seems to be on that list.

What do you think?

Does what we drive affect how we drive? That’s the question posed by Quality Planning , an analytics company that works with auto insurers. Quality Planning ranked the vehicles most likely to be ticketed, based on the number of moving violations issued for each 100,000 miles driven. The resulting top ten of the list contains a few predictable entries, but it’s not entirely comprised of flashy red sports cars.

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/most-tic....html?page=all

**bimmerjph** · 07-10-2011, 03:06 PM

i think its kind of funny that an xB is on the list

**M0nK3y** · 07-10-2011, 03:10 PM

Scion tC was #1 last year IIRC.

Makes sense, my sister got 2 tickets in hers.

**bimmerjph** · 07-10-2011, 03:12 PM

ya, but a tC looks like it can go fast, but and xB is just like no.

**M0nK3y** · 07-10-2011, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by bimmerjph

ya, but a tC looks like it can go fast, but and xB is just like no.

Still gotta think who is driving it.

Alot of cars look fast, but if it's a responsible person driving it then you're fine.

I can't tell you how many times Highway Patrol Lasers my car, then attempts to pace me trying to pick out something to pull me over.

My looks fast, and gets unnecessary attention...but I know where and when to push it, the Track

**GTRSv** · 07-10-2011, 03:30 PM

didnt know what a buick rainier was until just now... srs

**bimmerjph** · 07-10-2011, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by M0nK3y

Still gotta think who is driving it.

Alot of cars look fast, but if it's a responsible person driving it then you're fine.

I can't tell you how many times Highway Patrol Lasers my car, then attempts to pace me trying to pick out something to pull me over.

My looks fast, and gets unnecessary attention...but I know where and when to push it, the Track

Well of course I agree with you it is the driver, but my point is why would that kind of driver buy a xB.

**M0nK3y** · 07-10-2011, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by bimmerjph

Well of course I agree with you it is the driver, but my point is why would that kind of driver buy a xB.

People pass me driving a miata.

The driver doesn't need to be a hardcore enthusiast inspired driver, they just need to be stupid enough to do 20+

**sea6speed** · 07-10-2011, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by bimmerjph

Well of course I agree with you it is the driver, but my point is why would that kind of driver buy a xB.

People driving a toaster have something to prove, apparently. Same with Prius drivers, for some reason they like to race off the line.

**IWannaBMW** · 07-10-2011, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by N05

didnt know what a buick rainier was until just now... srs

i had to look it up on googlez..looks like a fucked up chevy trailblazer

**Cyrix2k** · 07-10-2011, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by IWannaBMW

i had to look it up on googlez..looks like a fucked up chevy trailblazer

We have one. It's what GM did with the last of the bravadas... there are even oldsmobile tags on stuff inside the dash

What a POS.

**black bnr32** · 07-10-2011, 09:27 PM

I'm surprised at the male percentages. lots of ladies out there breaking the law!

**bigmike321321** · 07-11-2011, 09:15 AM

goes to show benz drivers are asses and think the laws dont apply to them lol

**snowtrax** · 07-11-2011, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by bigmike321321

goes to show benz drivers are asses and think the laws dont apply to them lol

Haha I think they're just full of themselves just like 7 series drivers.

**JEcho335i** · 07-11-2011, 10:21 AM

^^^ lol

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**Captain** · 07-11-2011, 11:10 AM

From my personal experience over the past few years, i truely feel as tho cops know BMW's can handle the speed a little better than most cars and have been letting me off like nobody's business.

There has been at least 2, maybe 3 times now where i am speeding at least 80 on the freeway, one time for sure 90mph. Each of these times instead of getting behind me, he pulls up next to me, i throw the "i'm sorry" hand in the air (you know, the hand flash if you cut someone off) and i've gotten the

and they just let me keep on driving. Not sure why i am being let off, but i've enjoyed it.

**PaulAllensCard** · 07-11-2011, 02:04 PM

I observe peoples' behavior on the road every day. One thing I've noticed, at least in my town, is that the most unsafe drivers (the ones tailgating you in the fast lane when you're going 80mph, stomp on the gas every time a light turns green, "racing" you when you are just trying to move past the idiots) are almost never driving sports cars. Housewives in minivans or SUV's seem to be typical offenders, as are "bros" with their giant penis-trucks on monster-mudder tires with 8 chrome shock absorbers per wheel. Most people driving a BMW, excluding the status symbol drivers, are proficient & confident- and protective enough to use the streets with restraint and only cut it loose when it's appropriate & safe enough.

It doesn't surprise me that more than one Mercedes Benz made the list. I think most people buy a Benz as a status symbol rather than a car to be loved & used with resraint.

**DB MAXX** · 07-11-2011, 06:34 PM

lol @ Benz being on there 3 times.

**montaillou** · 07-11-2011, 06:46 PM

Cross reference this with how many units are sold of each model and that'd be a better number to rely on. I think the cost and/or cost to maintain scare off some potential buyers of bmw's.

Reading in my local section I come across plenty of people who hold up their much ticketed records as something to be proud of. How many people here have read a post that starts out: My license just got suspended again, I have 14 tickets and I just turned 18....

When I told my friends I was buying a z4 almost everyone said I'd get more tickets however I've gotten none and if anything I tend to drive a little faster with it than my previous cars. I am a little more circumspect about where/when I speed though.

**pizzaman09** · 07-11-2011, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by snowtrax

Haha I think they're just full of themselves just like 7 series drivers.

???

Originally Posted by Cyrix2k

We have one. It's what GM did with the last of the bravadas... there are even oldsmobile tags on stuff inside the dash

What a POS.

My family almost bought the Bravada instead of our Jeep, I am glad they didn't.

**Andryuha** · 07-16-2011, 12:15 PM

Who wrote that article? I think it's hilarious that they keep mentioning "younger drivers" when the average age, according to their data is around 40. What a joke.

The Scion xB is popular with young drivers, who are typically more likely to take risks, drive fast, and get tickets.

Average Age: 37

**Narvin** · 07-16-2011, 12:25 PM

Dang that's kinda surprising to me that there are no BMWs on there hahah. There's this cop in my city that must be racist to BMWs or something because one night, me and my buddies were driving in I guess you can say a caravan of e39s to drop off one of my friends and split from there, and like, right outside of his neighborhood there was a cop that pulled over an e36 and we were pretty much like wow that sucks lol. But when we split from the neighborhood, my friend texted me later telling me that that cop that pulled over the e36 pulled a U-turn when my friend left the neighborhood and followed him all the way home until he drove onto his driveway. lol wtf jackass cop