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Vehicles Least Likely To Get You A Speeding Ticket

Posted: Apr, 01 2009
by: Kevin Ransom | AOL Autos
 

Regular AOL Autos readers will recall that we recently ran a story, Vehicles Most Likely To Get You A Speeding Ticket, about a study which revealed that drivers of certain car and truck models were much more likely to get nabbed for speeding tickets and other moving violations, when compared with the overall average score for all vehicles studied.

In Pictures: 10 Vehicles Least Likely To Get You A Speeding Ticket

The study was conducted by Quality Planning -- a company that validates policyholder info for auto insurers -- based on data gathered between August 2007 and September 2008, using a sample size of 1.7 million vehicles.

The study also has an up side, however -- it included a list of models that were much less likely to get ticketed, when compared with the average score. The following gallery represents those vehicles that were least likely to get a moving violation.

The percentage figure listed for each model represents how much less likely the model was to get a moving violation, compared with the overall average. For example, the Jaguar XJ's "rating" of 89 percent meant it was 89 percent less likely to get a ticket than the average. Which, in itself, is an unusual finding, given that the one of the engines offered on an XJ is a burly boy that cranks out 400 hp -- which one would think would tempt the driver to press the pedal to the metal. But, 'facts is 'facts.

The vehicle info in each slide is for the latest model-year available -- including the MSRP range, which represents what it sold for when it was new.

In Pictures: 10 Vehicles Least Likely To Get You A Speeding Ticket

A couple of these models, like the Buick Park Avenue and Oldsmobile Silhouette, are no longer in production.

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bspennati Dec 21, 2009 2:20 AM
nobody drive's them
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akabecker Dec 21, 2009 2:13 AM
My two issues with this article are these: 1) Why are the two cars tied for #1 60% less likely to be ticketed and each successive vehicle has a higher percentage with the #8 Jab being 89%. That should be the #1 car. 2) The Chevy trucks and the Mazda 6 are the only really high volume vehicles. The Olds and Buick trucks/mini-vans are both no longer made - partially due to low sales. A vehicle is less likely to get ticketed if no one drives it.
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n24wins Dec 21, 2009 12:02 AM
to many ******** links
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cmleye Dec 20, 2009 11:24 PM
Shame on you AOL for printing this POS of an article. First, it is a blatent GM ad--are we to believe that 8 out of 10 of the cars least likely to get a ticket are GM models? Yeah right. Plus the descriptions of the cars are mini-ads. The whole concept of this article is flawed and misleading. Is it the driving characteristics of the drivers who buy these models (i.e., they don't speed as much), or do the authorities give them more tolerance in terms of issueing a citation than drivers of other models? AOL, you 5 minutes of my life back. And I'm upset I felt the need to waste more time writing this.
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pantino4 Dec 20, 2009 9:11 PM
Police target criminals and other law breakers.
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