Is Your Car A Cop Magnet?

Buena Fortuna · 02-07-2009, 11:11 AM

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...r-a-cop-magnet

02-07-2009, 11:30 AM

Whoo I didn't make the list BUT I got pulled over twice in one week...no tickets though

rizzle · 02-07-2009, 11:41 AM

Nope. Been there and done that. Now I'm in the 3rd least ticketed.

chippewastud79 · 02-07-2009, 11:50 AM

I just can't believe that a soccer mom car is the number one cop magnet. Maybe they are in a hurry to get to the grocery store.

Buena Fortuna · 02-07-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

I just can't believe that a soccer mom car is the number one cop magnet. Maybe they are in a hurry to get to the grocery store.

Have you ever watched them try to drive with a load of kids, talk on the cellie, plan dinner, pick up the cleaning, and put on their makeup? Definitely a ticket waiting to happen...

mosesbotbol · 02-07-2009, 11:50 AM

Funny, my car is the least; one of the reasons I bought it...

Least Ticketed Cars
1. Jaguar XJ

The Jaguar XJ gives drivers a smooth ride and an opulent interior. As the least- ticketed car in America, it also seems to provide the ability to fly under radar guns. There's a feature they won't tell you about at the dealership.

02-07-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Funny, my car is the least; one of the reasons I bought it...

Least Ticketed Cars
1. Jaguar XJ

Funny....

Top 10 most expensive cars to Drive.....

Jaguar XJ

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Given the XJ’s hefty price tag, it shouldn’t come as too much of surprise that the car costs a mint to insure

I'll take my chances with the speeding tickets.....LMAO!!!!

Genetic Defect · 02-07-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tobii3

Funny....

Top 10 most expensive cars to Drive.....

Jaguar XJ

I'll take my chances with the speeding tickets.....LMAO!!!!

I'll keep my truck too

acarr · 02-08-2009, 01:16 AM

One of mine is on the list. I guess that is why it has been sitting in the garage for about a month.

taltos · 02-07-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Funny, my car is the least; one of the reasons I bought it...

Least Ticketed Cars
1. Jaguar XJ

The Jaguar XJ gives drivers a smooth ride and an opulent interior. As the least- ticketed car in America, it also seems to provide the ability to fly under radar guns. There's a feature they won't tell you about at the dealership.

Love the XJ, my wife and I have a Type-X, your car's little brother.

Zoomschwortz · 02-07-2009, 12:25 PM

There might be something to that list.

Last month I was a passenger in a Chevy Tahoe and the yellow traffic light turned red just before he entered the intersection and there was a State Patrol waiting for the green.

The State Patrol car got in his lane and closed at a high rate of speed and caught up to us as we stopped for the next light.

The officer sat behind us for a minute or so and then went around us and pulled into a store across the street.

My friend deserved a ticket and had been caught red handed, yet didn't even get pulled over. Guess a Tahoe full of bald guys just isn't worth the trouble

02-07-2009, 12:51 PM

very simple really - he would have ran the plates - a clean driving record speaks VOLUMES.....

Now, if your buddy had a history of speeding or minor traffic violations....another story completely

DPD6030 · 02-08-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tobii3

very simple really - he would have ran the plates - a clean driving record speaks VOLUMES.....

Now, if your buddy had a history of speeding or minor traffic violations....another story completely

Everyone had a clean driving record at one time

I know that if I second guess myself (yes we sometimes think we see something) and if it's not 100% clear I do not make the stop, maybe just pull up behind put a little "fright" in their mind and then just continue on. There are more fish in the sea and bigger fish too. Just my

being a LEO.

JE3146 · 02-08-2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DPD6030

Everyone had a clean driving record at one time

I know that if I second guess myself (yes we sometimes think we see something) and if it's not 100% clear I do not make the stop, maybe just pull up behind put a little "fright" in their mind and then just continue on. There are more fish in the sea and bigger fish too. Just my

being a LEO.

I've always been curious about this.

Do warnings appear on driving records? I've always heard some friends talk about getting like 5 to 10 warnings and never a ticket. By that, I can't imagine they would be recorded because after 5 - 10 "Be careful next time's" you'd think they'd realize something wasn't taking.

Maybe I answered my own question

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DPD6030 · 02-12-2009, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by JE3146

I've always been curious about this.

Do warnings appear on driving records? I've always heard some friends talk about getting like 5 to 10 warnings and never a ticket. By that, I can't imagine they would be recorded because after 5 - 10 "Be careful next time's" you'd think they'd realize something wasn't taking.

Maybe I answered my own question

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Warnings don't appear on driving records per se. Now the dispatch center in my area can tell me if the vehicle was stopped before, when it was stopped and what action was taken by the officer.

SeanGAR · 02-07-2009, 12:51 PM

Silly premise ... cops don't pull over cars to look at them, they pull over people who break the law. People who routinely break the law may be attracted to certain types of cars, but it isn't the car's fault it is pulled over.

02-07-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Silly premise ... cops don't pull over cars to look at them, they pull over people who break the law.

uh...I believe that they said that right here...

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Seeing the tC on the most-ticketed list makes sense, given its popularity with young people

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Like the Scion tC, the xB is aimed at younger drivers

Blueface · 02-07-2009, 01:17 PM

Frankly,
I am so, so tired of being pulled over just because my car "looks fast".
That is just plain BS and I have had it.
Just took a photo of it as I am getting rid of it.

floydpink · 02-07-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

Frankly,
I am so, so tired of being pulled over just because my car "looks fast".
That is just plain BS and I have had it.
Just took a photo of it as I am getting rid of it.

I am serious when I say my very first car was an AMC Pacer back in the early 80's, beofr Wayne's World was even thought of.

It was recently voted worst car of all time, but it served me just fine.

Blueface · 02-07-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by floydpink

I am serious when I say my very first car was an AMC Pacer back in the early 80's, beofr Wayne's World was even thought of.

It was recently voted worst car of all time, but it served me just fine.

No wonder we hit it off in Orlando.
I had it's worse car cousin, the Gremlin!!!

That was my first car too.

02-07-2009, 11:11 AM	#1
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02-07-2009, 11:30 AM	#2
Queen James Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? Whoo I didn't make the list BUT I got pulled over twice in one week...no tickets though

02-07-2009, 11:41 AM	#3
rizzle Order Restored Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: st pete, fl Posts: 2,679 Trading: (23)	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? Nope. Been there and done that. Now I'm in the 3rd least ticketed.

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02-08-2009, 01:16 AM	#9
acarr Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,307 Trading: (34)	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? One of mine is on the list. I guess that is why it has been sitting in the garage for about a month.

02-07-2009, 12:25 PM	#11
Zoomschwortz I'm back Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Washington State Posts: 470 Trading: (3)	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? There might be something to that list. Last month I was a passenger in a Chevy Tahoe and the yellow traffic light turned red just before he entered the intersection and there was a State Patrol waiting for the green. The State Patrol car got in his lane and closed at a high rate of speed and caught up to us as we stopped for the next light. The officer sat behind us for a minute or so and then went around us and pulled into a store across the street. My friend deserved a ticket and had been caught red handed, yet didn't even get pulled over. Guess a Tahoe full of bald guys just isn't worth the trouble

02-07-2009, 12:51 PM	#12
tobii3 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? very simple really - he would have ran the plates - a clean driving record speaks VOLUMES..... Now, if your buddy had a history of speeding or minor traffic violations....another story completely

02-07-2009, 12:51 PM	#16
SeanGAR Crotchety Geezer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Radford VA Posts: 911 Trading: (3)	Re: Is Your Car A Cop Magnet? Silly premise ... cops don't pull over cars to look at them, they pull over people who break the law. People who routinely break the law may be attracted to certain types of cars, but it isn't the car's fault it is pulled over. __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?