Is your car a ticket magnet?

Beware of cops if you drive any of these cars:

--Mercedes-Benz SL Class convertible
--Toyota Camry-Solara Coupe
--Scion TC

New study finds that these are among the cars that attract a disproportionate amount of attention from the police. From the LAT:

[Quality Planning, a San Francisco research firm], looked at the propensity of various vehicle makes to attract tickets based on the number of moving violations per 100,000 miles driven. It found that drivers of stylish "spirited"-looking vehicles and the outsized Hummer were the most likely to be cited by law enforcement officials.

And the car least likely to get ticketed? The Buick Rainier SUV. It also had the oldest drivers.


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