... [+]With a large number of employees working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, state and local officials have noted a sharp increase in motorists exceeding posted speed limits over what are less congested roadways. The California Highway Patrol, for example, reports it’s ticketing twice the usual number of motorists for speeding at in excess of 100 mph–that’s a $500 fine for first-time offenders, not to mention a big bump in one’s insurance rates.
As it turns out, not all cars are created equal when it comes to attracting the attention of law enforcement when their drivers are exceeding the speed limit. That’s according to just-released research from the insurance website , which names the number one offender in this regard as being the subcompact Subaru WRX. It’s essentially a high horsepower road-rally-racer version of the otherwise sedate Subaru Impreza .
Curiously, the cars one might expect to populate the list, like fast-and-costly Ferraris and Porsches, in fact rack up lower percentages of speeding tickets than far more affordable rides. The brand that tends to receive the most tickets per capita is Dodge, which places four of 10 models on the list.
Here’s the list of the models Insurify.com says are responsible for the highest percentages of speeding tickets in the U.S., based on the site’s database of 2.5 million car insurance applications:
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