"I'll be back"...
...to get his motorcycle license:(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to update his driver's license after police determined he had been riding his Harley Davidson illegally when he got into a minor accident over the weekend..."
Don't get me wrong; I like "Ah-nuld". Always have. He has had ambition and drive for as long as he's been around, and made his first million in real estate before anyone ever heard of him. There is much to be admired about him...however, if one aspires to public office, they should get themselves legal in every way.
Heaven knows, I've ridden motorcycles for years (in my younger days) without a motorcycle rating, but then I'm not a State Governor either.
Besides, I have my motorcycle license now, and have had for years at this point.
Apparently, Mr. Schwarzenegger has paid a price for his little lapse in judgment, even though by all accounts the accident wasn't his fault.
Of course, motorcyclists usually aren't the ones at fault in these things...
posted by camojack | 08:52
15 Comments:
Bob:
The cause of the accident appears to have been someone backing their car into a busy street...perhaps more experience on Arnie's part might have helped him to avoid it, but it wasn't his fault, either way.
Sometimes people get in your way to the extent that you cannot avoid them; as you know, I'm quite familiar with this sort of scenario...
I don't think it is enough of a faux pas to make a big deal out of. I have held my motorcycle operators permit for over twenty-five years, though I haven't ridden regularly for most of that time.
BTW, it is easy to miss a motorcycle when pulling out in a vehicle with doors, I have done it and almost hit a motorcyclist once (I was soooo embarrassed because I know how irritating it is to be ignored as if you are not there on a bike).
Any biker could tell horror stories all day about irresponsible and ignorant drivers who nearly hit them or mistreated them on bikes. If I had a nickel for every ignorant putz who thought it would be OK to share a lane with me on my bike on the freeway at sixty or seventy miles per hour, I wouldn't need my pension or my 401K!
I'm with you, Jack. Being a "leader" involves leading by example, which means being on the right side of the law! Don't be a hypocrit, Ahnold!
Beerme:
I don't think it's that big a deal either, for the "little people" like ourselves...but when you're a Governor, you really ought to be responsible.
'da Bunny:
Precisely...
Camo,
My renewal by mail of my Calif Driver License did not have the word motorcycle and I went down in person and they charged me for a duplicate and said they were sorry they did not do motorcycles by mail... This was in the 70s, but I expect it hasn't changed since then...
JR
Bob:
"The POINT of being rich" is to be able to do things you enjoy...like riding your Harley. Also, it helps to get one out of such minor trifles as doing so without a license.
JR:
Are you implying that Arnold didn't have his motorcycle rating due to a possible bureaucratic snafu? If so, it wouldn't surprise me; maybe Bob is onto something.
Kajun:
We no longer have a mandatory helmet law (for adults) here either, for the past couple of years...
Camo,
He had a side car attached which means you do not need a motorcycle license... There was no snafu... You got me I was implying he could not read...
JR
JR:
No motorcycle license required if you've got a sidecar in CA, huh?
Interesting...so Arnie did nothing wrong, then.
Give a soldier food - it's under the limit and it will make him very happy :)
Rich:
Presumably you were responding to Bob's remark about accepting gifts. I would point out that a steak and lobster dinner (My fave, as you well know) might exceed those limits. I'm just sayin'...
Mr. Baldo:
Welcome to my little corner o' da "blogosphere"...but I'm a long-haired, ponytail sporting biker kind of guy. Perhaps some other folks here could use your product, tho'.
Kajun:
There are drugs (or should we say pharmaceuticals?), and then there are drugs...
Mr. Baldo:
Maybe if Ah-nuld had used your wax to shine up the sidecar on his Harley, he would've slid off that car that backed up into his path, huh?
truth_is_freedom:
Trying to put words in my mouth? Don't.
While those are admirable traits, I never said anything about qualifications to govern a State...one way or the other.
I presume you're familiar with the conventional wisdom regarding those who assume?
(That'd be you...)
truth_is_freedom:
No.
truth_is_freedom:
Thanks. I thought it was pretty good, too. Your irony fails to impress...
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