We bring our own problems -and in this case health problems- upon ourselves when we think that we are too big or too important and powerful to obey the rules of law of American society.

WHile we are a People united by a common desire to self-government, what type of example is John Corzine's behavior of a law enforcement official?

The bigger issue for me is: Is John Coraine fit morally to serve as Governor of the State of New Jersey?

I do wish him well, hope that he resigns in the face of his blatant refusal to obey the law of us commoner citizens, e.g. "THE PEOPLE", and hope that he recovers shortly. My sympathies lie with John Corzine's family members, and I remember them in my prayers.

I wish the guys that were injured a speedy recovery, however we should out vote the governor next time around, by driving 90+ mph he is putting others in harms way, this is no way of leading by example.

I agree with all the comments about this incident (as someone so eloquently put it "not an accident") that I have read so far and would like to add my two cents...slow down and buckle up folks. This is not a rehearsal, this is real life. If you don't give a rip about your own life, what about the others on the road...mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, friends? I'm glad I don't live in in NJ and feel sorry for those who do...you don't deserve them and they certainly deserve better!

Come on. How can a cop not know the law that seat belts are required of front seat passengers? And he was driving at 91 mph? Give that jerk a big ass ticket; Lord knows others have received them. That cop should be reprimanded. And the governor should have known better. Lesson learned.

Corzine so deserved this. He was arrogant to drive at reckless speed with immunity, and flaunt laws any NJ resident would be fined heavily for violating. Every town in NJ has predatory cops just looking for residents to go 2 MPH beyond, or not wear a seat belt, in order to raise new tax revenue. Corzine's crash brightened my entire week.

A state trooper driving 91 MPH and the Governor not wearing his seatbelt? They should both be issued tickets and pay the associated fines, especially the trooper: let him find out how it feels to pay a huge fine, have points added to his license, and pay the mandatory increase in auto insurance. And they blamed it on a red pickup truck, and spent taxpayer money to find the driver. If neither one of them is issued a citation, all New Jersey drivers should refuse to pay any tickets issued for speeding or not wearing seatbelts. FYI...I always wear my seatbelt, and I never drive 91 MPH.

I think Paul said it best. Who do these cops think they are! I blame them...they think they're above the law and its got to stop. Maybe Paul should be governor!!

Horrible comments above.

Ask your governor if he wears his belt. I know mine never does when we're in the same car. False sense of security with the professional driver.

State Troopers are allowed to violate all traffic laws because they are cops and are not held to the same standards as the rest of the non-law enforcemnt driveing public. I bet the state trooper didn't get a ticket. Cops are hipocrits!

Driving 90+ miles/hour is a reckless driving ticket.

Just about every post here finds fault with the driver and the governor, as it should be. But does anyone here think anything will be done to fire the trooper?? Heck no.
As a retired trucker of over 30 years, I have eye witnessed more flagrant violations of the motor vehicle laws by LEO's, than I can possibly recount for all of yopu here.
Someone here said the Media needs to put a spotlight on these daily and constant violations of the police who are supposed to "protect and to serve" and to OBEY those same laws that they take an OATH to enforce.
In the early 80's, here in NY state, I think it was Ch 2 news that set themselves up with a video camera and a radar gun on the NY state thruway, and in less than the course of 24 hrs had recorded OVER 30 speeding violations of troopers in excess of 90MPH WITHOUT emergency lights. When they presented their evidence to state officals, the officals said "troopers and police vehicles are "exempt" from the same laws the CITIZENS are expected to follow INCLUDING seatbelts. The officals even went as far as to laugh on camera and called it one of the troopers "perks" of the job.
The show concluded with the reporter stating publically that they were told/WARNED that IF they ever conducted another investigation like this that they would live to regret it. I think the reporter believed them because I have NEVER seen another report like that one aired on TV.
Just goes to show you that the CITIZEN no longer has any "respect or rights" in the eyes of the law.
I am sick to death about constantly lauded by their superiors and MEDIA about how cops in general are HEROS but EVERYDAY we citizens WITNESS the same cops FLAGRANT abuse of the law. This crap MUST stop. Innocent motorist lives are at stake everyday because of the constant abuse of the law by cops who think of themselves as ABOVE the law.
Let us all STOP talking about the abuses and request our representatives do something about it or lose their own jobs during the NEXT election.

I want to hear the entire story. I am curious as to whether the trooper may have asked the Gov. to buckle up. Did the Gov. order the trooper to speed, in an attempt to make that meeting? I don't believe for an instant that troopers and their brothers in blue are treated the same way civilians are (we get a ticket, but cops - show your badge and no ticket), but I am not convinced that this is entirely the troopers fault. Corzine is a grown man and knows the laws of his own state. He chose not to wear a seatbelt and should alleviate some of the heat from his driver. Let's face it, if you were the trooper, would you refuse to drive your boss until he buckled up? Would you refuse to "hurry up" if ordered by him to do so? In this case, if you did, your next special assignment would be traffic control at the landfill. Somebody decided to break the speed limit law and just because you are a Governor in a motorcade doesn't mean you can. Corzine was in charge. You can't convince me he didn't know they were traveling well above the posted speed limit. He could have ordered the trooper to slow down. This was non-emergency travel on a highway open to civilian traffic. Corzine, like that trooper and every other cop we have seen fly by us in a non-emergency situation, endangered many lives by speeding. The blame falls squarely on the Govs. shoulders. While I'm glad nobody was killed, perhaps his ribs, femur, and every other broken bone and injury will remind him to obey traffic laws, as well as issue a new directive to law enforcement who ticket the rest of us for doing what they do every day. I can't wait for his spin people to tell us why he wasn't wearing a seat belt and speeding - or will he sacrifice the trooper to save his own skin.

No surprises here. As others have noted, LEOs operate with a sense of ENTITLEMENT to speed, and expect 'professional courtesy'(that is, immunity and pass) should they ever get pulled over. LEOs whine about getting pulled over and held to the same standard as everyone else. Unbelieveable hubris.

Just a few days ago, I witnessed an Alabama State Trooper driving 90mph in a 70mph zone here in Tuscaloosa County. I quickly prompted my camera phone to record what I new would be necessary evidence. All of the vehicles within his sight did the typical follow and not pass practice that civilians become accustomed to. Well, when he slowed to 70mph, due to a vehicle that would not move into the slower right lane, I passed both cars to the trooper's right. Doing 75mph, the trooper decided to follow me for a couple of miles, and he pulled me over shortly after. His attitude was only doctored when he asked me why did you pass me? I told him, I followed him speeding, and he denounced every bit of it. He even asked me why was I following him. He later shut up when I called his trooper's office and informed the operator that I recorded all of this. Oh, he made me sit in his car while he took 20 minutes to write my ticket.