Tiger Woods was driving at 83 mph in a 45 mph zone at the time of his horrific crash

NY Post ^ | 7 April 2021 | Yaron Steinbuch

[oh8eleven]

The LA County Sheriff’s Office is expected to announce Wednesday — that he will not face any charges or citations, according to a report.

[oh8eleven]

No charges or citations. Must be nice ...

[cuban leaf]

Tiger Woods was driving at 83 mph in a 45 mph zone at the time of his horrific crash

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And if he had died, he’d be a celebrity Covid 19 death.

[Walrus]

“Horrific”? I don’t think so.

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

Speed limits are for the little people.

[Michael.SF.]

So he knows how to drive a ball week, but not a car.

[Dilbert San Diego]

If he was clocked speeding so far over the speed limit, why no citations? Is it because he’s a celebrity?

[rlmorel]

My exact thought as I read it. Must be nice.

[Jonty30]

Bought some tickets to the police gala.

[Jhadur]

Must be the white privilege I’ve been hearing so much about.

[Magnum44]

[G Larry]

Sure sounds like he was asleep at the wheel.

[Alberta's Child]

He wasn’t “clocked.” There’s probably a legal impediment against charging someone with a motor vehicle offense when there are no witnesses and no cop on the scene.

And there’s no real imperative to charge him when HE was the only victim and any property damage will be covered by his insurance company.

[desertsolitaire]

I’m not at all certain that citations can originate from automobile black box recorder data. Think about “real-time” use of such data and by whom, and ponder if that is what we want? Tech sometimes outpaces our grasp of the implications for freedoms and privacy.

[Red Badger]

I bet he fell asleep at the wheel.................

[eyeamok]

Villanueva has defended his agency’s investigation of the crash, saying the golf great did not receive special treatment from law enforcement.

So anyone that receives a ticket for speeding by the Sheriff's dept can use this as their Defense, Being PERSECUTED UNJUSTLY??? ANYONE Else would be Criminally Charged with Felony Reckless Driving due to there being an Injury

[cuban leaf]

Yep. They probably base it on how far it travelled after leaving the road.

[oh8eleven]

“Horrific”? I don’t think so.

WTH is your definition of horrific?>

[oh8eleven]

I agree

[Verginius Rufus]

Tiger Woods is a champion golfer. He can’t be expected to be an expert mathematician as well. Maybe he didn’t know that 83 was more than 45.

[ScubaDiver]

FWIW, I had the opportunity to drive that SUV model for some period of time. It’s a surprisingly luxurious SUV, super high interior finishes. But, it’s not a sports SUV like Porsche & BMW are known to make. It has a very compliant, supple suspension designed for maximum comfort not sharp handling. The steering is a bit vague as it is in some luxury models.

But, even in an X5 M or Cayenne, 83 is a big ask on that twisty stretch of road, IMO.

In any event, considering there were no indications he took any evasive action, I’m not sure it mattered. He simply drove off the road like due to inattention.