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Celebrities are not above the law, even if they can occasionally smile and sweet-talk their way out of a ticket *cough Jessica Alba, cough.
Orlando Bloom is arguably just as pretty as Alba (with an extra layer of ruggedness), but he wasn’t able to charm his way out of a speeding citation on Friday night, celebrity e-zine TMZ reports. He was doing almost 3 times the speed limit in his classic Porsche 911, in the flats of Beverly Hills, so he got pulled over and was ticketed.
According to unnamed police sources speaking with the publication, Bloom was driving at 65 mph in a 25 mph zone at around 9.30 pm. He had his 8-year-old son with Miranda Kerr in the car with him when he zoomed past a motor unit, which soon engaged in pursuit.
The actor was pulled over and issued a citation, and he didn’t look “happy” about it, the same media outlet says. Still, “he was cordial with the cops throughout the stop and then sent on his way.”
While getting ticketed for speeding doesn’t seem like that big of a thing, speeding remains a leading cause in fatal crashes. In fact, a recent study reveals that drivers of luxury cars (as was the case here with Bloom and his Porsche) are more likely to be involved in fatal accidents caused by speeding, alcohol consumption and hit and run.
Infiniti, Acura, Mitsubish, Volkswagen and Honda make the top 5 brands involved in most fatal crashes caused by speeding in the U.S. in 2017, based on figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). This could confirm an older assumption on drivers of luxury cars: they are more likely to put them through their paces by putting pedal to the metal, which makes them more dangerous on public roads.
According to unnamed police sources speaking with the publication, Bloom was driving at 65 mph in a 25 mph zone at around 9.30 pm. He had his 8-year-old son with Miranda Kerr in the car with him when he zoomed past a motor unit, which soon engaged in pursuit.
The actor was pulled over and issued a citation, and he didn’t look “happy” about it, the same media outlet says. Still, “he was cordial with the cops throughout the stop and then sent on his way.”
While getting ticketed for speeding doesn’t seem like that big of a thing, speeding remains a leading cause in fatal crashes. In fact, a recent study reveals that drivers of luxury cars (as was the case here with Bloom and his Porsche) are more likely to be involved in fatal accidents caused by speeding, alcohol consumption and hit and run.
Infiniti, Acura, Mitsubish, Volkswagen and Honda make the top 5 brands involved in most fatal crashes caused by speeding in the U.S. in 2017, based on figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). This could confirm an older assumption on drivers of luxury cars: they are more likely to put them through their paces by putting pedal to the metal, which makes them more dangerous on public roads.
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