[Enchante]

Initial spin turned out to be quite unfair to the driver of the red pickup truck, who was just trying to make a split second decision about what to do as emergency lights appeared at 90+ mph in his rear view mirror. I haven't been on the Garden State Parkway in quite a few years, but it always used to be a relatively narrow "parkway" built in the 1930s long before the standards of the interstate system -- thus it was an especially dangerous place to be driving at 90+ mph, as the reference to a grassy shoulder in the article suggests...... the story could well have turned out to be the deaths of innocent drivers and/or passengers in other vehicles caused by the gov's reckless motorcade.

[DogBarkTree]

I called right after it happened. Corzine’s motorcade barreled up the GSP faster than people could get out of the way. This story is growing legs.

[AnAmericanMother]

The Garbage State Parkway was o.k. when it was built, I guess, but even in the 70s it was too narrow and had bad sight lines.

My husband used to drive up it any day he didn't take the train to work.

I could see how somebody could be VERY surprised by an overtaking vehicle doing 90 plus. If you were on one of those short curves, you wouldn't see it until it was right on top of you.

[bert]

two wrongs have resulted in a right.

[ken21]

what do we know about our media?

you can’t trust our media.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

typical...

[sionnsar]

a new state police report detailing how his driver was dashing with emergency lights flashing at 91 mph in a 65 mph zone.
...
Corzine was heading to the governor's mansion April 12 for a meeting with Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team

We have the elite and the masses. Corzine clearly considers him among the former, completely and totally above the law. And I bet he doesn't pay a single dime for any element of the laws he broke, unlike a whole bunch of plebian Joiseyites, at least some of whom elected this piece of work.

[PA-RIVER]

What I would like to see .......

A reporter should get all the EZ-Pass toll records for Corzines vehicle for the last year. Then calculate speed between toll booth receipts.

I bet we find the crippled Governor usually travels 100 plus. That 91 was a slow day.

Then gather same info on all governors, and find the most abusive scum who has been putting our lives at risk.

[Enchante]

whoops, dual posting, apparently AP or SFGate changed the title and I didn’t find it in the search. Please post only to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819602/posts

[twoputt]

My understanding is ole Governor “Crash” Corzine wasn’t wearing his seat belt either.

[this_ol_patriot]

It was an ominous tale — an erratic driver in a red pickup racing wildly along...

For a second I thought that said "It was an ominous tale — an erratic driver in a red herring racing wildly along".

[rwfromkansas]

I don’t blame the governor for driving fast. Who wouldn’t want to abuse power a bit to get to drive over the speed limit?

But, it cost this man his life.

[GoBucks2002]

Where are all those on here who claimed, without a shred of evidence, that it was an illegal alien driving the red pickup? I love the FR lynch mob!

[an amused spectator]

A Suburban at 90+ mph? Gas mileage: 2 gallons per mile...

[Gondring]

Initial spin turned out to be quite unfair to the driver of the red pickup truck, who was just trying to make a split second decision about what to do as emergency lights appeared at 90+ mph in his rear view mirror.

Looks-like-we-were-right ping. :-)

[bray]

Meathead even sent an APB to find the Red Pickup. Talk about a frame job.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[steve86]

I also wondered about the eastern use of the work “parkway”. What does it have to do with a park? How could it be less like a park? Parking lot at commute times, maybe? At least in the west, most of our highways are still freeways, and in fact, have no toll. Oh, on the topic of the thread, I think the State Patrol drivers should have a license suspension for at least a year.

[Lancey Howard]

But the pickup's right wheels went onto the grassy highway shoulder, and the driver overcorrected, swerving back on the road. That set off a chain reaction: A white pickup truck swerved to avoid the red truck, struck Corzine's sport utility vehicle and sent it careening into a guard rail.

Well, the press is FINALLY starting to ask questions. Hooray. I imagine someday they may even ask the question I have asked since Day One: How on earth did the WHITE pickup truck (you know - - the one that actually crashed into Corzine) end up BETWEEN the 91mph SUV in the left lane and the swerving red pickup truck on the right?

At this point, I am not holding my breath that that question will ever be asked by the press.

[Intolerant in NJ]

But that story, relayed hours after Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured, has been debunked by a new state police report detailing how his driver was dashing with emergency lights flashing at 91 mph in a 65 mph zone...He's a Democrat - laws and rules meant for common people don't apply to him (or the rest of his ilk)....

[OldSmaj]

his driver was dashing with emergency lights flashing at 91 mph in a 65 mph zone.

Dashing?

91 mph in a 65 mph zone is not what I would term "dashing".

Stupid journalists.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A lot of Freepers and libertarians are opposed to accident data recorders. I tend towards the libertarian side of life, but in this case the ADR exonerated an innocent man. I’m all for ADR, especially in police cars. Use could be voluntary, but a presumption might favor a litigant who has “facts” rather than assertions.