Abbotsford police say targeting ‘hot cars’ for speeding tickets is a myth and they have the research to prove it.
The department decided to analyze its record of speeding tickets and says it can find no single vehicle or colour that was stopped for speeding more than any other.
However, a 2010 survey in Forbes magazine suggests you are twice as likely to get a speeding ticket if you drive a Volkswagen GTI or Mercedes Benz SL series car.
Drive a hummer and you are four times likely and should in fact expect to get pulled over. But the top five are pretty ho hum with Toyota and its Scion make accounting for three of the top 5.
But Constable Ian MacDonald says for them, it is all about the driving behavior.
So the next time you’re at a new car dealership and contemplating which make and model and maybe even colour to choose — buying a speed trap magnet should be the least of your worries.
“They need to look into the mirror as opposed to taking a look at the make or the model of their vehicle,” says MacDonald.
Of the 50,000 tickets Abbotsford police handed out since 2010, it there was one colour that stood out and only by the slimmest of margins it was black that could put you in the red.
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