Gov of NJ reported to be driving 91 MPH without a seatbelt is this a case of?

Question

getting what you ask for or do as I say not as I do?

Answer 1

You bet. Lets not forget a NJ state trooper was driving. So why was he speeding and not making the governor wear his seat belt? I say they got what they deserved. The laws apply to everyone.

Answer 2

Not a tracker, a "black box" that records vehicle speed in the last 5 seconds before the crash. It's in many new vehicles.

Can't say what was going through the driver's mind at the time. The truth is... 91 MPH isn't THAT fast on a freeway where a lot of people go 75 MPH as "normal", and he does have the "police-style flashing lights" on and working. There's no way to know if the governor had "suggested" the trooper to drive fast or not, or did the governor took off the seatbelt to reach for something or another or perhaps he was leaning way back (where seatbelt won't hold) and taking a nap.

However, it'll be likely that he was found guilty of negligence, and driving too fast for the circumstances (even with the police lights on). Technically they are not supposed to use them unless its an emergency and only the escort vehicles are supposed to use them or something like that. I mean, you can't control an SUV going offroad at 90 MPH. It just ain't possible, nor is hitting someone headon at 90 MPH acceptable. It's between a rock and a hard place.

I've seen accidents where the attempt to avoid accident cause an even worse accident. Here's an example: a car suddenly pulls in front of a bus on a freeway. The bus swerves to avoid the car, lost control and rolled over. If the bus had just HIT the car, the car would have been damaged, but a lot less people would have gotten hurt. A bus rollover means up to 60 people will get at least some bruises, if not more. Is the bus driver at fault? Likely not, but the bus company will get sued any way since they are required by law to have big insurance (US DOT requires 5 million per company) and the car insurance is much less. It's a catch 22 situation.

Answer 3

He was not driving the vehicle. He was a passenger in an SUV that is used by State Troopers and a State Trooper was driving and is not working at this time until further investigation. The vehicle was indeed going 91 MPH but it had a tracker on it being a State Trooper's vehicle which is how they know that it was going that exact speed. We all make mistakes and have accidents. Let's just hope for his sake and his family that he will be ok. He is in stable but critical condition.

Answer 4

I heard he was late for the meeting between the Girls Basketball team and Imous when it happened, about the seat belt, lots of people when having an accident will try and move around to try and get in a safer position and will unlock their seat belt with out thinking or he could have unlocked it just as the vehicle come to rest so that he could get out, I will give the Governor credit that he did what he felt best by having the driver to speed and also that he just unfastened his seat belt after the fact. I pray he recovers quickly.