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SEAT BELTS SEAT BELTS SEAT BELTS DID NOT CAUSE THIS ACCIDENT. A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TO ATTEND A MEETING CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. 91 MILES PER HOUR IN A 65 MILE SPEED LIMIT ZONE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. I ALSO ASSUME THAT THE DRIVER WAS A STATE PATROL MAN THAT HE "OWNED" THE ROAD.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE STATE PATROL BLAMED THE ACCIDENT ON AN UNIDENTIFIED SUV. MY THOUGHTS IS THAT THE SUV WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A SPEED PATROL CAR.
HOW MANY ACCIDENTS ARE "CAUSED" BY HIGH SPEEDING "STATE EMPLOYEES"???
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS "UNSAFE" POMPUS ACTION BY OUR SO CALLED PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
ACTUALLY, NO ONE KNOWS IF THE GOVERNER WOULD HAVE DIED IF RESTRANED BY A SEAT BELT.
FROM ONE THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED OFF THE ROAD BY A HIGH SPEEDING STATE PATROL CAR.

JOHN F. BELL

John, thanks for dropping by, but please let up on the CAPS LOCK key and sprinkle some punctuation in there, too.

As for the accident's cause, actually, you could say speed--in and of itself--did not cause the accident either. Driving too fast for conditions is more like it.

As far as I've been able to tell, no one's ever said seat belts caused the accident. It is possible, however, that properly wearing his seatbelts could have prevented the governor from sustaining more serious injuries.

I've said it before, I'll say it again--know your vehicle's limits, know your physical limits, know your surroundings, drive defensively, and buckle up.

And don't assume that because you think you're above the law that you can defy the laws of physics.

I HIGHLY AGREE WITH TERRY! I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER! BRAVO!!! FINALLY, SOMEONE THINKS AS CLEARLY AS I DO!!

Apparently, however, not in agreement with me on RELEASING THE CAPS LOCK key.

My understanding is that the State Trooper was driving the vehicle and that the State Trooper was going 91mph in a 65mph zone. If that were you or I, we would be ticketed a hefty 200.00 if not more. Not to mention the fact that an accident was part of the picture. Nowhere in this article did it mention the trooper receiving any sanctions for his actions. I use to be a police officer and thankfully left the force because of too many who felt "above the law". Do as I say, not as I do.

I doubt he would get much in the way of sanctions, simply because in all likelihood he was ordered to drive that fast by the commander-in-chief of state law enforcement officers: the governor. Police officers do have the right to exceed posted speed limits in conjunction with their duly-authorized duties, but in most cases this involves things like stopping a felon or otherwise protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Getting Gov. Corzine to a photo op would seem to be a bit beyond that task.

I have not heard word one about air bags related to Gov. Corzine's crash. Why is this? Were there none? Didn't they deploy? What?

According to this article from back in April, the vehicle did have a passenger side airbag, but for some reason it did not deploy.

Still, and as the article points out, airbags in a vehicle are NOT a primary restraint device. They are there to help prevent certain types of injury (head and neck) that could be caused to a properly-belted occupant, such as hitting the steering wheel, windshield, dashboard, or window frame. Airbags are not a substitute for seat belts.

And exceeding the speed limit for "duly authorized duties", would involve being in a "marked" patrol car. I was recently stoppped for driving 81 in a 70 zone on I95. Unfortunately, I did not have the govenor with me this time and received a 173.00 fine along with a 5 minute lecture on why I shouldn't exceed the speed limit. At the same time, another hiway patrol officer was tootling by in the middle lane, passing everyone in the hi speed lane, beeped and waved the the officer issuing me the ticket. Didn't mean to ramble, but it just irks me to no end when I see these "people" doing the things that they tell us not to do. I'm just going to have to get my governor to ride with me a little more often. Oh and answer the airbag question, I believe airbags deploy in a front end impact. This, I don't believe, was a front end impact.

Good point about the airbags--in general, they do deploy only in a head-on, but newer vehicles can sometimes have additional crash angles that will cause them to deploy. Or, as could be the case here, it wasn't enough of a straight-on impact to trigger them. Again, one of the reasons they are supplemental restraints, not primary.

And as for your ticket, it IS frustrating as all get-out. It's analogous to politicians in those heavily gun-controlled states who seem to think they need a handgun and regular folks can get along as best as they can.

I agree completely to the post about the 91 MPH in a 65 zone!
I was pulled over once for going (Downhill) for going over ‘2’ MPH by an Ohio State Patrol in a 55 MPH highway and given a warning ticket! I guess he did that to just to show activity to his supervisor.
Why the Hell was the State Patrol traveling at that speed with the Governor in his vehicle? Was he on official duty chasing someone who was observed as Not Wearing His Seatbelt or Maybe he was transporting him to a late Dinner Campaign Money Raising Dinner Reservation? (Perhaps a rumor they heard of a special offer on Krispy Creame Donuts).
Let’s get the whole story out in the open here!
The attorney who pushed the Seat Belt Law in Ohio years ago, who was at that time my attorney (and I can state not that good as far as working for the little man unless a lot of money was in involved), had to have his original version of the law rewritten before it would be accepted that … (paraphrasing), NO Ticket could be issued as a primary reason for being pulled over – This ticket could be given as a secondary ticket ONLY in addition to the principal reason a witnessed violation had occurred!
Example: A speeding violation was witnessed and the violator was stopped, upon the approach up to the driver’s window the officer witnessed that the seat belt was not being used, then and ONLY then could a Seat Belt Ticket be issued as a Secondary Offence!
So much for that – You must admit that once the government has their foot in the door… they will find a way to make a revision as to change it to make it possible to create a money maker scam out of it.
Now that you can be pulled over as they watch you drive by to issue the ticket for up to $200.00 – It is a Cash Cow and an easy way to pump money into their system. (As one Dallas Policeman stated, “Each ticket I write… adds to my retirement fund”
More manpower has been placed on this Easy Money Maker now than any other policy in the past with all of the checkpoints set up intending to catch the Driver and each passenger to get the most money from each stop.
It is turning truly into a Police State, (Pun Intended), to create an easy relief to the cost of the judicial system as it is much easier to just pay the fine than to spend the money and time on fighting it in court!
Instead of placing the manpower on fighting true crime, they are making a contest out of seeing how many tickets the police can write on this misdemeanor.
My vehicle was broken into a few years ago and approx. $6,000.00 of items stolen out of it, along with about 8 other vehicles … when I called the Dallas Police to report it the officer said that they were too busy to come out the location to check it out and took my cell phone number and said that an officer would call me back to take the details. It has been 4 (FOUR) years now and I have never heard from them again.
People… you are losing your rights quickly – And once it has been turned over to the Government… You will never regain them