What color gets the most tickets?

MOTO69JOE · 11-22-2010, 09:48 PM

My wife and I have been back from Germany with her car only three weeks and I told her it was only a matter of time before she got a ticket in her Crimson red E90. Well that time finally came and she got pulled over today and she said she was in a group of several other cars on the interstate in GA all doing 10 over. So what's your consensus on the most pulled over BMW color?

JayKay335i · 11-22-2010, 09:56 PM

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FVM3 · 11-22-2010, 09:58 PM

Red ftw

07E92TT · 11-22-2010, 10:06 PM

platinum bronze for sure!

cb4 · 11-22-2010, 10:07 PM

I use to get pulled over a lot when I had my bright red m3. Since I've had my SGM e90 I have yet to get stopped.

My bet is that bright red cars are pulled over more than any other color as a percentage.

CarForHire · 11-22-2010, 10:09 PM

The color that stands out.

Coolieman1220 · 11-22-2010, 10:39 PM

Red and yellow...anything bright.

Cygnusx1 · 11-22-2010, 10:43 PM

I have been driving my 350+ HP silver Z for about 22 years and have never been pulled over. This Spring I finished restoring my 150HP, red Z. On the maiden test drive, I got pulled over! RED ftw!

jahmed78 · 11-22-2010, 10:47 PM

i have a black e90 and got pulled over twice in a month! i would have lost my license by now if it was a red

FVM3 · 11-22-2010, 10:49 PM

i drive a white and got pulled over for these violations in a month :
tinted windows 2 times
no front licesne plate
speeding
illegal U turn
tinted taillight

hpowders · 11-22-2010, 10:51 PM

I would say it's probably more a function of what kind of driver you are. A conservative driver in a red car may get zero tickets whereas a flamboyant driver in a white car may get many.

gary88 · 11-22-2010, 10:57 PM

Only been pulled over only once in the past 18 months in my arrest-me-red e92.

Just have to know the right places to drive fast

TheStigsTwin · 11-22-2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cygnusx1

I have been driving my 350+ HP silver Z for about 22 years and have never been pulled over. This Spring I finished restoring my 150HP, red Z. On the maiden test drive, I got pulled over! RED ftw!

Both those z'a are gorgious!

Legion5 · 11-22-2010, 11:03 PM

Almost all my cars (8+) have been arrest-me-red and I haven't gotten a ticket scince I learned to drive, in a silver car, which I got 5 tickets in.

Snopes has an article on red cars being pulled over more often. They have found the claim to be false:

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp

For some reason people act like a red car will get pulled over 10 times more, that's simply not true. The rule I follow is that I always do 9 mph over the limit, it's never gotten me into trouble scince I've followed it. Myth busted.

dryicerx · 11-22-2010, 11:05 PM

Correlation does not imply Causation!

You really should think if it's the color's that stand out which gets the most tickets, or are the drivers who are more prone to speeding who buy cars in colors that stand out.

saLAs · 11-23-2010, 05:01 AM

I've always heard white since its the most common color of any car

J02 335i · 11-23-2010, 05:22 AM

I thought pigs were colour blind?

SpmnE9zero · 11-23-2010, 06:25 AM

No doubt about it - RED!

cb1111 · 11-23-2010, 07:01 AM

There have been lots of studies that have debunked the old theory that red cars get more tickets.

The car that stands out gets the most tickets, so if you drive a red car and do something unusually stupid then you'll get a ticket.

Cygnusx1 · 11-23-2010, 07:38 AM

Except in my case, which does not constitiute a trend, but interesting data nonetheless... driving a silver fast car for years with no pull overs, and then switch to a red slow car and get pulled right over on the first day. No difference in driving at all. In fact the trooper stated that he pulled me over because he "thought" my inspection sticker was NG. I argue that they notice the brighter colors, turn their attention, but the dull earth tones get lost in the noise. This assumes both cars are equivalently behaving.

BTW, bright yellow is the FASTEST color to reach the brain from the retina. This is a fact.

16M4 · 11-23-2010, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J02 335i

I thought pigs were colour blind?

MusclezMarinara · 11-23-2010, 08:01 AM

Red!

11-22-2010, 09:48 PM	#1
MOTO69JOE Captain 27 Rep 876 Posts Drives: E46, E90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The South iTrader: (3)	What color gets the most tickets? My wife and I have been back from Germany with her car only three weeks and I told her it was only a matter of time before she got a ticket in her Crimson red E90. Well that time finally came and she got pulled over today and she said she was in a group of several other cars on the interstate in GA all doing 10 over. So what's your consensus on the most pulled over BMW color?
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11-22-2010, 09:58 PM	#3
FVM3 Major General 273 Rep 5,751 Posts Drives: e92 m3, f30 328i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (2)	Red ftw
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cb4 Captain 60 Rep 910 Posts Drives: 2008 335xi Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (1)	I use to get pulled over a lot when I had my bright red m3. Since I've had my SGM e90 I have yet to get stopped. My bet is that bright red cars are pulled over more than any other color as a percentage.
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CarForHire Major 29 Rep 1,309 Posts Drives: Slow in the left lane. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NOVA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E90 328i [0.00]	The color that stands out. __________________ Race car driving is like sex...all men think they are good at it. - Jay Leno
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Coolieman1220 Banned 73 Rep 1,770 Posts Drives: 2010 335d Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New York City iTrader: (0)	Red and yellow...anything bright.
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FVM3 Major General 273 Rep 5,751 Posts Drives: e92 m3, f30 328i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (2)	i drive a white and got pulled over for these violations in a month : tinted windows 2 times no front licesne plate speeding illegal U turn tinted taillight
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hpowders 228i Fanatic 16 Rep 969 Posts Drives: BMW 228i and BMW 328i Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I would say it's probably more a function of what kind of driver you are. A conservative driver in a red car may get zero tickets whereas a flamboyant driver in a white car may get many. Last edited by hpowders; 11-23-2010 at 08:23 AM..
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Legion5 Major 175 Rep 1,379 Posts Drives: e92 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA iTrader: (12)	Almost all my cars (8+) have been arrest-me-red and I haven't gotten a ticket scince I learned to drive, in a silver car, which I got 5 tickets in. Snopes has an article on red cars being pulled over more often. They have found the claim to be false: http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/redcars.asp For some reason people act like a red car will get pulled over 10 times more, that's simply not true. The rule I follow is that I always do 9 mph over the limit, it's never gotten me into trouble scince I've followed it. Myth busted.
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dryicerx First Lieutenant 27 Rep 379 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (1)	Correlation does not imply Causation! You really should think if it's the color's that stand out which gets the most tickets, or are the drivers who are more prone to speeding who buy cars in colors that stand out.
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11-23-2010, 05:01 AM	#16
saLAs Private First Class 5 Rep 116 Posts Drives: Space Grey Metallic E92 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 805.818.661.626.909 iTrader: (2)	I've always heard white since its the most common color of any car
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cb1111 I ask the questions you're afraid to ask. 44 Rep 2,489 Posts Drives: 335xi Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: DC iTrader: (2)	There have been lots of studies that have debunked the old theory that red cars get more tickets. The car that stands out gets the most tickets, so if you drive a red car and do something unusually stupid then you'll get a ticket.
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Cygnusx1 Second Lieutenant 16 Rep 242 Posts Drives: 2006 330xi Sedan Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York iTrader: (0) Garage List 1976 280Z [10.00] 1972 Datsun 240Z [10.00] 2006 330xi [0.00]	Except in my case, which does not constitiute a trend, but interesting data nonetheless... driving a silver fast car for years with no pull overs, and then switch to a red slow car and get pulled right over on the first day. No difference in driving at all. In fact the trooper stated that he pulled me over because he "thought" my inspection sticker was NG. I argue that they notice the brighter colors, turn their attention, but the dull earth tones get lost in the noise. This assumes both cars are equivalently behaving. BTW, bright yellow is the FASTEST color to reach the brain from the retina. This is a fact. __________________ Straight-Six Addict - Dave
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