California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t have a motorcycle license when he crashed this week after a car pulled out in front of him, according to several published reports. “I just never really applied for it,” the governor told reporters. “It was just one of those things that I never really did.” Schwarzenegger received 15 stitches to his upper lip, but was not issued a ticket. Schwarzenegger said he had a motorcycle license in his home country of Austria. Update: Arnold’s representatives have said he did not legally need a motorcycle license, because the bike had a side-cart. However, many observers point out today that the governor spoke about driving his motorcycle solo on several occasions.
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01/12, 12:07 PM
posted by:
Mike Rinaldi
I really hope the author of this article reads my comment. Your supposedly running a car website, and your posting irrelevant stories. Yes, he did not have a motorcycle license however, he was riding a motorcycle with a side cart, making it a three wheeled vehicle. This means that he did not need a motorcycle license to drive the vehicle in which he was hit. DID YOU KNOW THAT? Probably not. Leave Arnold Alone.
01/12, 12:15 PM
posted by:
Whitless
This ain’t LEFTlane news for nothing….
01/12, 2:13 PM
posted by:
Suj
Of course he was going to get away with it.. Its the US, if you have money and power.. you could get away with murder, literally..
01/12, 4:06 PM
posted by:
michaelrinaldi
I thought LEFT in LEFTLANE meant the fast lane. Apparently it could be an inuindo to it’s liberal bias? I surely hope not, for your sake, because I found you.
01/12, 4:57 PM
posted by:
Nick
I can’t believe you commenters are dragging political bias into here, because that’s on the border of friggin ridiculous. Shut the hell up and keep reading.
01/12, 7:28 PM
posted by:
Alan
re: mike rinaldi – of course it’s relevant – it falls under the umbrella of automotive reporting. i feel like you’re really pushing far for arnold’s defense – arguing SEMANTICS on what you so firmly defined as a strictly automotive website. it’s an idiot who operates any vehicle without a license – it simply belies common sense – so the question is why are YOU defending a counterintuitive legality? someone’s got hardcore arnold man love…
anyway, so far as automotive journalism and politics goes… who cares? political slants and interesting asides make the otherwise dry and factual chore of automotive news journalism a hell of a lot more interesting. (i.e. the british show top gear.) keep the crazy news coming!
01/13, 2:22 AM
posted by:
Mike Rinaldi
he would be getting around the law, if in fact the license of was required. However, it was not required, so no law was broke.