A) If they hadn’t been going so fast, the accident likely would not have occurred.
B) If Corzine had been wearing his seatbelt, as STATE LAW requires, he wouldn’t have been hurt as badly as he was.
C) Since A & B are relevant to the issue, people will talk about them.
The fact that the Governor’s lackeys tried to cover this up and blame it on some poor schmoe pickup truck driver also ads fuel to the fire...
You forgot to add,
(D) Corzine was speeding toward his gleeful destination, which was to watch Don Imus shuck and grovel toward the Rutgers female whatever team. Caution was thrown to the winds (”I’m gonna watch a white guy beg for mercy!! Yeearghhh!!!”)