Report: Hillary Motorcade Hit 95 mph on Way to Iowa Fundraiser

Newsmax ^ | 5/20/15 | John Blosser

[markomalley]

Hillary Clinton apparently is in one heck of a hurry to become president.

While fleeing from the press to an unannounced fundraiser in Waterloo, Iowa, Clinton's six-car motorcade, including her maroon minivan dubbed "Scooby," was clocked traveling at up to 95 mph by reporters giving chase, the Daily Mail reports.

The speed limit for that stretch of highway is 65 mph, The Daily Caller reported.

While Clinton's staff denies the motorcade was speeding, the Daily Mail posted a speedometer video taken by a reporter showing the speeds at which they were driving in an attempt to keep up with Clinton to find out where the candidate was going.

However, Iowa law enforcement, instead of criticizing Clinton, blasted and threatened the reporters following her motorcade, The Des Moines Register reports.

Iowa Department of Public Safety spokesman Alex Murphy told the Register, "Amateur video that shows such behavior, which itself demonstrates a violation of the law by presumably untrained individuals, does not negate the fact that law enforcement takes action based on public safety and protection of the people who have been identified as potential targets."

"These types of dangerous driving behavior by amateurs may well result in law enforcement action. The designation of an individual as a protected person is taken seriously in Iowa."

[Dartman]

We could easily drive at 100 MPH if incompetent people were not given licenses, and if drug and alcohol diminished drivers were not present.

Yes, but incompetent people, drugs and alcohol are present. Until it's a perfect world, adjustments will have to be made.

The main issue is that all drivers drive at their safe speed, but that speed is not universal. Drugs, booze, bad eyesight, slow reaction times, and improperly maintained vehicles alter it.

Until it's a perfect world ...

It sounds as though you might be a person with diminished physical abilities, judging by your comments??

My comments are based on my experience. I have driven over 2 million+ miles professionally, plus whatever I have driven in my private vehicles the last 40 or so years. I have witnessed some of the worst driving imaginable during that time. Unfortunately, common sense and competence will not always prevail, so some things such as speed limits must be legislated to help in some way to prevent some of the carnage.

No, I am not a person with diminished physical abilities. It sounds as though you might be a person with diminished mental abilities, judging by your comments??

[varyouga]

So in 2.5 Million miles, you have seen something and are still here. That’s 10-20 times more than most people drive in a lifetime. NOT something I’d care about at all. There are far more common random things that can kill you throughout the day.

“I had to chuckle at that. If you had even a hint of an idea what I have been doing for the last 40 years, you wouldn’t have made such a statement.”

Let me guess, you were a traffic cop? Haha. Well, if you did do something with a high element of danger for long enough you’d know “safety” is not as it seems...

“According to you, even if the posted limit was 200MPH, people would do 10-20MPH above it.”

No, I’m saying people will ALWAYS drive at the maximum speed they feel safe and most limits are set WAY below what the average person is confortable with. Most people don’t speed to spite the government’s stupid arbitary limit. They speed because the limits are unnatural and way too low for the given roads