Gov. Corzine leaves hospital, speeds home

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Richard Perry/The New York Times

The governor of New Jersey acknowledged today that he was negligent in not wearing a seatbelt.

By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI and DAVID W. CHEN
Published: April 30, 2007

PRINCETON, N.J., April 30 — Gov. Jon S. Corzine apologized to New Jersey residents on Monday as he left the hospital 18 days after a devastating traffic accident in which he was not wearing a seat belt and was being driven at more than 91 miles per hour on the Garden State Parkway.

“I set a very bad example,” said a contrite Mr. Corzine, who broke his left femur, his sternum and 11 ribs in the accident, speaking from a wheelchair just outside Cooper University Hospital in Camden. His voice breaking with emotion, he added: “I hope the state will forgive me. I will work very hard to set the right kind of example.”

Mr. Corzine, 60, who spent more than a week on a ventilator and had three surgeries on his leg, spoke for less than a minute and refused to answer questions from reporters. It was his first public comments since the accident, save for telling an Associated Press photographer last week that he felt blessed.

The governor’s motorcade moved with the flow of traffic on Interstate 295, at some points sustaining speeds up to 70 miles per hour several minutes at a time, according to the speedometer of a vehicle traveling alongside; posted limits were 55 and 65. Capt. Al Della Fave, a state police spokesman, said the commander of the executive protection unit, which provides security and drivers for the governor, told him on Monday that the troopers in the motorcade had been instructed to adhere to posted speed limits. He declined to identify the driver of the governor’s van or to make any of the drivers of the motorcade available for an interview.

www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/nyregion/30cnd-corzine.html?ex=1178596800&en=823e9355881c338b&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS

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BWA-HAHAHA...

'Politics.'

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This all depends on what the meaning of speed limit is.

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Wtf?

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Think "Clinton".