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.
1 posted on
04/18/2007 5:38:27 PM PDT by
Enchante
To: Enchante
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.
2 posted on
04/18/2007 5:43:56 PM PDT by
DogBarkTree
(The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
To: Enchante
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.
4 posted on
04/18/2007 5:47:07 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: Enchante
two wrongs have resulted in a right.
7 posted on
04/18/2007 5:49:33 PM PDT by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Don't eat Spinich. The spinich growers are against the war and funding our troops)
To: Enchante
what do we know about our media?
you can’t trust our media.
9 posted on
04/18/2007 5:52:12 PM PDT by
ken21
(it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
To: Enchante
10 posted on
04/18/2007 5:53:30 PM PDT by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: Enchante
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.
11 posted on
04/18/2007 5:58:52 PM PDT by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Enchante
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.
14 posted on
04/18/2007 6:19:17 PM PDT by
PA-RIVER
To: Enchante; Admin Moderator
16 posted on
04/18/2007 6:23:21 PM PDT by
Enchante
(Liefong, Fitzfong, Earlefong, Schumfong, Waxfong, Pelosifong.... see a pattern here?!?)
To: Enchante
My understanding is ole Governor “Crash” Corzine wasn’t wearing his seat belt either.
17 posted on
04/18/2007 6:23:23 PM PDT by
twoputt
To: Enchante
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".
33 posted on
04/18/2007 7:02:35 PM PDT by
this_ol_patriot
(I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
To: Enchante
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.
35 posted on
04/18/2007 7:09:20 PM PDT by
rwfromkansas
(http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: Enchante
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!
To: Enchante
A Suburban at 90+ mph? Gas mileage: 2 gallons per mile...
46 posted on
04/18/2007 8:09:34 PM PDT by
an amused spectator
(Why didn't the VT gunman didn't attack the police station?)
To: mdmathis6
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. :-)
47 posted on
04/18/2007 8:11:07 PM PDT by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Enchante
Meathead even sent an APB to find the Red Pickup. Talk about a frame job.
Pray for W and Our Troops
53 posted on
04/18/2007 8:24:02 PM PDT by
bray
(The Surge is Working against both enemies of America)
To: Enchante
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.
54 posted on
04/18/2007 8:25:22 PM PDT by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: Enchante
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.
To: Enchante
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)....
To: Enchante
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.
72 posted on
04/19/2007 6:54:09 AM PDT by
OldSmaj
(Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
To: Enchante
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.
75 posted on
04/19/2007 7:19:39 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
("We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.")
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