jasonsbiz74

Here is an article that was online today on Cleveland.com. It may be different in your area but for me, I have to take it easy.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The black sports car that zips by you in traffic every morning appears to have everything you fantasize about in a car: looks, feel and a powerful engine. And there's a good chance its driver has something else: a traffic ticket or two. Drivers of black cars sped and crashed their way to more citations from the Ohio State Highway Patrol last year than drivers of any other color of car, according to a Plain Dealer analysis of more than 612,000 tickets troopers wrote in 2015.

Drivers of black cars got the most citations in Ohio last year, exceeding the number of tickets given to drivers of other colors of cars, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

That bucks the long-held myth that drivers of red cars get tagged with the most tickets. In Ohio, however, it isn't even close. Drivers of red cars lag far behind their counterparts in black, white and silver cars when it comes to tickets.
This week, as we approach the Labor Day weekend, drivers of every color of car will see far more state troopers on roads and highways. It is one of the busiest weekends of the year for troopers writing tickets.
State troopers say they don't look at the colors of cars when they write warnings or tickets. They just focus on the driving.
"The color of the car doesn't really matter to us,'' said the patrol's Lt. Robert Sellers. "We look at violations. When a trooper observes a violation, it doesn't matter what the color of the car is.''
Troopers wrote citations to drivers in nearly all colors of cars, including lavender, mauve, orange and cream. They even cited 40 people in camouflage cars, trucks and sports-utility vehicles. (Yes, there are about 6,000 of them licensed to drive on state roads, records show.)
But in Ohio, black reigns on roadways when it come to tickets.
Drivers of black cars received 105,875 tickets, or about 17 percent of about 612,000 tickets state troopers wrote. The Plain Dealer analysis studied only tickets by the state patrol, and it did not include those written by local police or sheriff's departments.
Troopers doled out 101,252 citations to drivers of white cars and 83,227 to drivers of silver cars. Drivers of red cars were hit with 70,523 tickets.

The colors of Ohio's most registered vehicles correspond with those most ticketed. In 2015, troopers of the Ohio State Highway Patrol doled out the most citations to drivers of black vehicles. Meanwhile, black cars and trucks accounted for the highest number of registered vehicles in the state last year, according to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles says that black cars also account for about 2 million vehicles, or 19 percent of 11 million registered cars and trucks in the state. That's the largest percentage of any color of vehicle in the state.
By comparison, there are about 1.2 million red vehicles, or about 11 percent of the registered cars in Ohio.
To put the numbers into context by color of car, The Plain Dealer matched tickets written in 2015 with the registered vehicles in the state. Troopers wrote tickets to drivers in one of every 18 cars that were either red, white or silver. They handed out citations to motorists in one of every 20 black cars.
The breakdown is not perfect, as Ohio troopers wrote about of fifth of their tickets to drivers from out of state. But it does offer insight into which color seems to get the most tickets, based on registered vehicles in the state.
The National Auto Dealers Association said that in North America white remains the most popular car color for consumers, followed by black, gray, silver, red and blue.
No matter the color, insurance and law enforcement officials insist, it is the driver who is responsible for what he or she does.
"The driver gets the ticket, not the car or its color,'' said Shelia Dunn of the National Motorists Association.''

iridelow

Color has NOTHING to do with a chance of getting a ticket! Retired LEO and it's all BS about the color of the car. Sports cars are fast, usually driven faster by their owners and usually, bright colors like red, blue, or shinny black, so the stats may show these color cars getting ticketed more. But a radar gun CAN NOT SEE COLOR! so it's all BS. If you drive faster, your more likely to get a ticket no matter what color your car is!!

DeStreGa5

I've had a black car for 11 years now. I think I've only had two speeding tickets so far (one in the vette) and I think I drive pretty fast compared to most people. I don't have a radar detector either. I think it just depends more on the population of colors in your area.

DickieDoo

The colour "STUPID" gets the most tickets.

joemessman

The data here is flawed unacceptable. Unless I missed it they didn't mention per capita. How many many of this color and that color on the road per average. Opinion here. I would guess that most of the cars are black, therefore will receive the most citations.

The_Gretz

Agreed. The conclusion is incorrect. The article itself states that black cars got 17% of the tickets, yet black cars account for 19% of the total cars. So black cars are actually UNDER represented:

"Drivers of black cars received 105,875 tickets, or about 17 percent of about 612,000 tickets state troopers wrote"

"The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles says that black cars also account for about 2 million vehicles, or 19 percent of 11 million registered cars and trucks in the state. That's the largest percentage of any color of vehicle in the state."

The reason black cars got more tickets is because there are more on the road than any other color! Who writes these articles?

hisvett

After several Vettes and a few 100K miles of driving then, I have never been stopped BUT have gotten my share and then some (of stops/tickets in;

Mustang GT (one/radar/white car)
BMW (warning/red car)
Motorcycle (several)
2 Dodge Dually's Diesel (couple each/both red)
Vantage 240Z (yellow)
and a few other Nondescript rides.

So from that I guess we can extrapolate.....two wheels get more tickets

JoesC5

One ticket since 1966. I was in my Smoke Silver Mercedes 4 door sedan.

Steve_R

CorvetteForum "Editors."

1SG_Ret

Generally the one going 10+MPH over the posted limit.

Rebel Yell

That's a whole lotta words that don't mean anything to me. As an old Cop, I'll tell you the color that get the most tickets. It's the "color" on the car that's exceeding the speed limit.

dvilin

bluman

jma242

I have had two black cars over a 15 year period. (Both Mustangs) Not one single ticket.

vbdenny

As confirmed by old cops, color ain't got nothing to do with it. Until they raise limits to reasonable levels I'd use WAZE or a Valentine.

TNSQUIRE

After 31 years as a LEO I can tell you I never singled out any car (or occupant) because of its color.

Scruff Vette

Valentine, Escort, Bell, Waze, etc are all useless when hit with instant on from an oncoming black dot of a car on the horizon of a deserted prairie two lane at 100+. Truth.

Foosh

Thanks. I can't even count the number of times I've heard the same thing from my many LEO friends.

ECSNRBCHARGED

That's when you push the right pedal through the floor, pull in a car wash, strip the wrap and roll on without a care in the world

jasonsbiz74

Cleveland.com is not known for their stellar articles but I wanted to see what everyone thought. Even my wife thought this article seemed lame.