Governor Corzine's Auto Accident

It seems that with great revision the truth comes out about Governor Corzine's car accident which has caused the governor great harm.

1) The Suburban he was riding in was going over 90 miles per hour
2) There was a state trooper driving the vehicle
3) There was no emergency reason for the vehicle to be moving that fast
4) Most likely the accident was caused by Governor Corzine's vehicle
5) The vehicles emergency lights were running

We should be straight on a number of things.

It is hard not to notice that the vehicle you are riding in is going ninety miles per hour when you are riding in the front seat, regardless of if the rider can see the speedometer or not.


A state trooper should obey the driving laws as much or more than regular civilian drivers as an example to regular civilian drivers.

More than likely Governor Corzine requested to go faster or that the vehicle travelling at that speed and with the emergency lights on. This is likely to be the norm for past driving for the Governor.

Driving at high speeds appears to be the norm for Governors of New Jersey. A break in the speed limits was partially driven through the state laws when former Governor Christine Whitmans limo was caught travelling at high speeds on one of the states major highways.

Now, in Whitman's case, she wasn't in an official emergency vehicle and potentially this was even more dangerous since there were no flashing lights to show other drivers her car as it was speeding by.

Then again, flashing lights tend to make motorists, in particular newer motorists very nervous. This is in particularly true when they are travelling down major highways and most probably speeding a little themselves. The driver that was 'spooked' by the Governor's speeding car is no doubt a member of the new drivers club as indicated in some articles and this was responsible for him driving erratically and probably scared whitless about the speeding police car approaching him from behind.

I lived in Howell, New Jersey for a number of years. When I was a senior in high school or around there a police car was speeding down Aldrich road during the early morning hours. Unfortunately, a man was getting an early start on his commute and as he entered Aldrich road he was slammed in to by the police officer. The speeds in the accident are similar to the speeds that the Governor's car was travelling, but on a 45 mph road. The last I heard of it both the police officer and the commuter were living of large amount of blood being fed in to their bleeding bodies. I doubt either one of them survived.

Often I see police officers taking advantage of who they are and the car they are driving and performing blatantly illegal actions. Often, even if they do get in a minor accident it is likely to be blamed on the other person (i.e not the police officer). I see them frequently in Linden, Clark and Cranford running red lights (with lights on or off) chasing the green light (sitting in the straight lanes at Exit 136 and then deciding to go left across the solid white line and then through the now red left turn light on to Raritan) just for their own convenience.

This present a clear and present danger to everyone on the roads. If it is an emergency put your lights on and get to it, people. If it isn't sit at the light and be a good example to everyone around you - and you know what its part of your job, because sitting at the red light keeps other people alive.

Frankly speaking the only thing more dangerous on the roads than some of the activities or liberties police officers take while on the roads are the illegal immigrants, who have no driver's license, no car insurance and are driving unregistered vehicles. Get hit by one of those folks and it seems likely that no matter how hurt you are they are going to run and leave your bleeding ass there - to ensure they don't get deported to their home country.

I wonder where the statistics are on officers that get in accidents? It should be tracked, and the circumstances of those accidents should be tracked so that people can understand the danger some police officers present to everyone driving on the roads.

For the record; however, with the governor of New Jersey on board his car, I'm sure the police officer did a) everything he was told to do and b) everything he felt Governor Corzine wanted him to do. He shouldn't be punished severely. The only punishment I wish for in this instance is serious discussion on the illegal activities that our police officers take on the roads every day that present a danger to us.

I even recall a person that got in to an accident with a police officer that was doing something illegal with his car, and that person was the one that got in trouble! Imagine, their surprise when they were told that the officer was heading toward an emergency without his lights on! I find this doubtful at best. After all, we pay our police officers to be trusted with guns, and the officer couldn't remember to turn on his emergency lights on his way to an emergency!

Come on folks! You can claim to be the best and then use I screwed up something simple as an excuse when you perform something illegal with your police car.