typical 2 sided politician, flip flop flip flop, you cant do it but we can, go to hell, all you polioticins and from all sides.

stupid b****

A Democrat not practicing what she preaches? Nonsense! (Disclaimer: Not that Republicans are that much better)

Other sources are saying she won’t be charged with anything, not even reckless driving. Also one source saying that she responded to the possibility of charges something along the lines of “You can’t do that, I’m a senator”. I love Democrats.

No charges? Wow, i need to be a senator so when people call 911 about my driving, or even if i cause traffic accidents i won’t get charged for anything.

Does anyone seriously think that if congress had to abide by the law like the rest of us (and be subject to it as equals) that we’d have so many laws on the books in the first place? …yea. I didn’t think so either.

Now watch this windbag get re-elected next term. We can piss and moan all we want about elitist snobs like this senator, but getting pissed off with such headcases isn’t all that much different than blaming a toddler for screaming at a movie theatre. The blame lies with the inattentive parents, and likewise with the voters asleep at the wheel.

We get the government we deserve, folks.

Although I won’t go as far as wishing she’d died, it’s revolting how these people are above the law. The CHP Trooper should’ve given her a breathalyzer at the very least for her erratic driving. Should’ve had her license taken away and be cited for reckless driving, driving to endanger, and for hurting an innocent motorist. Anyone else would’ve been taken to jail, paid thousands in fine and have license suspension for 90-180 days. Nobody should be above the law period. Except Chuck Norris.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/18/BAG9MPTMU88.DTL

Are they sure it’s not Steven Seagal? He is the only one I know of that is “ABOVE THE LAW”. lol

Cell phone $75
Hybrid Rav-4 $40,000
Honda Civic $20,000

One ill timed phone call to put the national spolight on your own stupidness, Priceless

Hey, no different than Al Gore living in his 20,000sq.ft house while selling carbon credits to the ‘other’ polluters of the world. As Kaptain said, everyone gets what they deserve. The only positive note I can take from this article is that someone on the other end of that phone call got to hear her hypocritical ass wreck her car. I hope the egomaniac is embarassed to hell.

what a dumb ass lady. no **** she wants to ban cell phone use if shes that stupid. the thing, however, is that she has to understand that90% of people out actually have a decent level of intelligence and their driving will not be bothered by their usage of a cell phone. i wish i had the chance to smack that stupid senator.

Driving while talking on cell phone is every bit as dangerous as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Almost without exception, when I see someone doing some irratic driving, they are on their cell phone. Using one while driving should treated just like DUI.

Although driving while talking/texting is a distraction and can be dangerous, it is NOT as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Expect to see more citations for driving and talking, the hands free is generally accepted as “safe” practice by law in most cities.
If I had a dollar for every cop I saw driving and talking on cell, I’d probably have $25…

can you hear me now …………… goooood haha

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!! Idiot…

Bah, this article was just posted so we could make cynical and ridiculing comments about politicians

Hey, Left Lane, did you catch the article about NYC cab fleets going over to hybrids? I saw it in the paper and thought of this site

yea spit in the sky it fall in you own eye

Riiiiiiiight, ’cause Gore’s hypocrisy could kill anyone’s family on a drive to their child’s recital.

Keep your bias out of your analogies, idiot.

Impulsive, Carole Migden and Al Gore both share a hypocritical life style, but I dont think Piablo was comparing the accident to his house. She wants to ruduce accidents, however she causes one when shes destracted by her cell. Gore warns about global warming, however his house uses about 10 times the amount of energy of the normal home. They both preach for the better of mankind, but they really dont fallow their own rules. Its true the crash could have sent someone to the hospital and done some serious damage.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
—-George Carlin

Add this to the Jon Corzine incident and the hilarity of it is outrageous. These are the people we vote into office in this country. George “Love them illegals tending my ranch!” Bush, Ted “Never met a bottle of booze I didn’t like” Kennedy, Jon “Racing down the highway to bash Imus” Corzine, Hillary “Social(screwyouLLN)ism is my middle name” Clinton, John “What’s my position this week?” Kerry, John “What tv show am I on today?” McCain….I could go on forever. Now this twit.

If you are incapable of operating a cell phone and driving safely at the same time you should not be allowed behind the wheel. Is it more difficult to change the station on your stereo than to answer a cell phone or push speed dial? Compare lighting a cigarette to listening to your voice mail?
People are just stupid. Outlaw cell phones in cars and they will just replace it with something else to be distracted by.
The answer is to train drivers properly and create a better overall attitude towards using the road.

Typical political solution is to miss the real problem to begin with which in this case is letting women drive at all.

Soooo… a w-o-m-a-n crashed her SUV?

Fatstrat, I agree. A stint living in the UK showed me many things wrong about that country, but one thing they got right is the driving test. You have to learn with a stick, and they actually make you do things like stop and go on hills and whatnot to make sure you are fully capable. Compare that to the typical US test, which is to drive up and down the block and BAM, here’s your license. Hell, half the time they skip even the k-turn and parallel park tests.

big deal… is there something in there that no one knew about

Hold on guys I’ll brb, Irony is knocking on my door.

women drivers

Surprising? No. Amusing? Hell yes!

“brcart3r”, a monkey understands the irony and could come up with countless analogies that better relate to the situation presented … the monkey, however would compare apples to apples and exclude bananas from the equation.

Woman drivers no survivors.

Whore got what she deserved.

Driving on a cell phone and driving under the influence are vastly different. I’m not 100% when I’m on a cell phone but I’m aware enough to not get in an accident, let alone hit a barrier. People who can’t drive annoy the hell outta me.

Whoever voted for her is a moron!

Ounds like she was drunk

typo, Sounds

no she’s just a women

ZzZzZzZzZ……….come on you new LL guys get on the ball, whats up with Hondas new AVTEC, the new Audi GT car, non R8, what about Audis revised planbeing hesitant to put Lambo V10s into the R8 chassis?!? Reliability is going to bring it down?!? Cylinder spacing too small…. What about a new Supercar coming out of the Netherlands? Just use Google alerts which im sure you noobs are using. The new Honda V8 small displacement big power…what about Hondas new hatchback design being so epoch making VW, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Nissan, all have had to revise and scrap 2-3 yr old hatchback designs. Also whats up with a Linux test kernel powering the cars of the future?!?

I have very little to add to the already excellent comments on this hypocritical “do as I say” politician. The noy thing that I would add is that maybe we should tear up the voting cards of the people who put her and all the current crop of policians in office, Republican and Democrat. The American public is clearly incapable of making an informed decision given the current crop of rot and crap we have running on both sides for president all the way down to city council.

She should resign ASAP because the world do not need inept politicians who think they are special because she holds a high ranking position in the government.

If she doesn’t get any tickets that’s bullsh!t. I had a “minor” rear end collision in traffic, and of course I got slapped with a ticket for following too closely. Most any rear-end collision is the fault of the person in the back and they should be ticketed, I didn’t even bother to fight mine:-/

is this really automotive news? it is funny though.

“Although driving while talking/texting is a distraction and can be dangerous, it is NOT as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Expect to see more citations for driving and talking, the hands free is generally accepted as “safe” practice by law in most cities.
If I had a dollar for every cop I saw driving and talking on cell, I’d probably have $25″

TEXTING is not as dangerous as driving drunk????
Are you kidding? You must be 15 years old you moron.

Just like that other official that was talking aboout seatbelt safety yet he wasn’t wearing one when his driver crashed. Hypocrites!

Toyota and Honda crash n2 each other?
NHI!