Reply #65: Update 6: No Charges Against Schwarzenegger in Crash

[Judi Lynn]

Update 6: No Charges Against Schwarzenegger in Crash
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD , 01.11.2006, 09:15 PM

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's weekend motorcycle crash left him with a fat lip and a political black eye, but he won't be charged with a driving violation, officials said Wednesday.

Schwarzenegger was on his Harley-Davidson, with his 12-year-old son in a sidecar, when he collided Sunday with a car on a winding canyon road. Police said he was driving without a license, but the city attorney declined to file any charges after reviewing the accident report.

"The city attorney will not file any charges," said Officer Grace Brady, a police spokeswoman. Even though police concluded he was unlicensed, the department "cannot go back and cite the governor because we did not witness the driving."

The low-speed accident turned into a political embarrassment for the governor, who acknowledged he had driven a motorcycle for years without the proper license. He told reporters he "never thought about it.
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