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Sen. John Fetterman got two speeding tickets before Sunday’s crash, Pa. records show (www.inquirer.com)
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Fetterman (D., Pa.) has received two speeding tickets in his home state — the more recent one of which was in March for exceeding the speed limit in Westmoreland County by 34 mph. Before this year, he was ticketed in April 2016 for going at least 24 mph above the speed limit in Warren County, according to state public records.

The senator’s aides have said Fetterman has texted and FaceTimed while driving, ”prompting concerns among his staff and fears about riding with him,” the Post reported, citing three people with knowledge of staff discussions who spoke about internal conversations on the condition of anonymity.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@DrunkEngineer 34 & “at least” 24 mph over the limit are some pretty serious speeding tickets, and the frequent reports of distracted driving are a serious problem too. Senators who support Vision Zero programs or care about traffic safety at all need to speak up about this and hold him and other negligently driving colleagues accountable. Especially after his stroke & related health problems, he should be extra careful, not distracted & 34 mph over the limit!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

@DrunkEngineer It’s a terrible example to the public and a potential conflict of interest. How is someone who’s used to getting away with driving like that (& having wide roads that allow him to) supposed to cast unbiased votes on transportation bills?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, be could end up having a serious pedestrian error...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Given his public post-brain-damage behavior, I don't think his plan is to do anything in an unbiased manner.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 9 months ago (2 children)

34 over‽

Where I'm at that's reckless driving as well and a suspended license even if you pay your fine.

FFS that dude needs to learn to drive properly

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's had enough brain damage to turn him into a conservative. The guy probably shouldn't be driving at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Probably taking the turnpike. There's a section in Westmoreland County where it randomly drops from 75 mph to 55 mph and catches everyone off guard. There's also sections of Route 119 that randomly drop from 50 to 25 for no discernable reason, other than catching out-of-towners by surprise and slapping them with a speeding ticket.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This guy is such a disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's around 55 kmph for anyone wondering about the conversion. Ouch!, I didn't even push those limits in my reckless youth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Those are rookie numbers. You need to verify your cars speed limiter actually works.

Yes mine works. Down to within 0.1mph (GPS verified).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What speedometer reads in decimal divisions?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The stopwatch and math kind.

If you know the distance between 2 points and can time yourself moving between them, you can verify your speed as finely as your data allows.

My buddy is also a car nerd and redid his whole instrument cluster and added a digital counter to his speedometer that was actually an old bedside radio panel thing so he had TWO decimals for his speed. Idk if it actually showed the speed with any more accuracy or just translated the needle position somehow but it looked very 80s Sci fi for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The computer does.

The computer doesn’t have GPS, but my phone (same device logging the data) does though.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The speeding tickets are for 34 mph and 24 mph above the limit, this is roughly 54.7 kph and 38.6 kph or 15.2 m/s and 10.7 m/s above the limit in standardised units.

Are the offenses of a single US-American lawmaker really [email protected]?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, he really shouldn't be driving considering he had a debilitating stroke. That's fine for senatorial duties where you have aides and AIPAC telling you how to vote. Driving is a whole other thing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow, we have his doctor here. Lots of people who have had a stroke, even those with partial paralysis, are perfectly capable of driving.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people who have had a stroke and should absolutely not be driving are still driving.

Because in America telling old people they can't drive is basically telling them to sit at home die sad and lonely. Or worse, move out of their status symbol suburban homes to which they have tied their entire self worth.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

status symbol suburban homes

There's a builder erecting McMansions and McTownhomes near me named NV Homes. I was curious to know what "NV" stood for until I got it: "envy". It's just pathetic how many people derive their sense of self worth from going into debt to buy one of these cardboard shit buckets.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

That's fine for senatorial duties where you have aides and AIPAC telling you how to vote.

welllll....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

speeding does use the individuals yearly earnings thats how bill gates speeding ticket was greater than ~10k USD

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Anything 20+ where I live is considered reckless driving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ya I had a friend just lose a license for 20+. These speeds are crazy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I'm always confused when I hear stories like this about important, powerful people. It feels like driving isn't "worth their time" and when they have to travel by car, they should be escorted so they can continue to do their work.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Oh no, Speeding! He’s unfit for the senate. Better have him resign. Can’t have bad drivers in Congress.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Oh no, breaking the law and endangering lives!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How do you know he's a bad driver? He might be a really good driver who just drives recklessly anyways because of a lack of concern about the wellbeing of others and chooses to ignore basic safety despite driving abilities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think you have conflated good and skilled.

A skilled driver can speed excessively without being out of control. A good driver won't speed excessively because it isn't safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, he literally crashed his car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If you drive enough, its likely to happen at some point. If everyone can walk away from it, that seems like a good outcome to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need to make your sarcasm incredibly blatant on Lemmy. If you think it's pretty obvious, you gotta make it twice as obvious.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No I think everyone gets the sarcasm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think at least 21 people didn't!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago

No I'm pretty sure they did. Sarcastically dismissing this extremely fucked up behavior as politically motivated sniping is really fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

No... They did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Not in my experience, I just got a deadass reply in my inbox before this one to an incredibly obvious joke. Good to hear this is seemingly the exception.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

He's also a genocide supporter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Everyone in here acting like they've never gotten a speeding ticket or been in an accident.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I haven't received a ticket for 20 over, that's extremely reckless.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

how long before we find out he had a brain worm?