Mark Sanford’s Car Busted For Speeding, Not Ticketed

[Are_grits_groceries]

A Highway Patrol trooper stopped South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's car for speeding, but let his protective detail driver go without a ticket, an official said Wednesday.

Keel did not say how fast Sanford's car was going Tuesday on Interstate 385, a heavily traveled route between Columbia and Greenville, but the recording shows the speed at 85 mph. The limit through that area is 65 mph, a public safety spokesman said.

Keel said Lance Cpl. R.S. Salter clocked a speeding dark-colored sedan and pulled it over two miles from I-26. Keel said the driver identified himself as SLED agent. When "asked why he was speeding, the agent said he was transporting the governor," Keel said. He did not cite the driver, he said.

Why is this news?

On the air or on the ground, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford can’t seem to get from point “A” to point “B” without breaking the law – or exposing himself to fresh accusations of hypocrisy.

In 2006, the governor’s office blasted S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer after he was stopped twice for speeding and let go without a ticket.

Through a spokesman, Sanford at the time said that he and his Cabinet officials “believe very strongly that preferential treatment should never be a factor when enforcing the law.”

Hmmm …

In South Carolina, speeding twenty miles per hour above posted limits is considered reckless driving, and could lead to an arrest and the loss of six points on your driver’s license.

http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/10/07/ap-sanfords-car-busted-for-speeding-not-ticketed/

AP story: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwt3PDNFWjy1SLEXbj20Rdhnf9nQD9B6K7LO0

King Mark once again steps in it. He will probably start whining and explaining again. GAH!

[lapfog_1]

1. Time to hike the ol' appalachian trail again?

[lib_wit_it]

2. Well, you know, there was that hero in the bible who exceeded the speed limit in service to

TheFamily's capitalist Jesus...

[malaise]

3. No doubt he'll call a press conference

and explain the difference between him and his Lt. Gov.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. He'll probably be on the teevee today.

Markie will natter about some Biblical figure and get it wrong. Then he will make his staff look up every similar offense committed by anybody in government since the beginning of time.

Markie will probably even demand the janitors' records be examined. Then he will present this as his defense. Everybody else did it.

Meh!

[davidpdx]

5. It was on Yahoo today, which is where I saw it

Not sure about the networks. The only one I get over here in Korea is CNN.

[RoadRage]

6. Who Cares?

Sanford wasn't driving... it was a government protection agent. If the cop ticketed him, likely tax dollars would have been spent to pay for the ticket anyway.

How many times do you think cops ticket other cops anyway? Almost NEVER.

Sandford wasn't the one driving.. is he suppose to watch the speedometer the entire trip? Is Obama responsible if his secret service goes over the speedlimit too?

Let's nit-pick the policies of this guy.. not his drivers driving record.