Tuesday, January 10, 2006

A REAL MOTORCYCLE OUTLAW

Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted Tuesday that he doesn't have a motorcycle license. This is a pesky fact, given his weekend wreck while operating a motorcycle.

The Associated Press says:
Los Angles Police Lt. Paul Vernon said Schwarzenegger does not have the proper endorsement on his California driver's license to operate a motorcycle.

Vernon said police did not ticket the governor for a violation because they arrived after the accident, which caused Schwarzenegger to suffer a cut on his upper lip that required 15 stitches.

Instead, officers referred their findings to the Los Angeles city attorney's office, which will determine whether the governor should be cited for an infraction. Driving a motorcycle without the proper license can result in fines ranging from $100 to $250 or more. ...

Earlier Tuesday, Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he never bothered to obtain a motorcycle license because he "never thought about it."

"I just never really applied for it," he told reporters during a state budget briefing. "It was just one of those things that I never really did."

Schwarzenegger, a Harley Davidson owner who rides regularly along the California coast, said he had a motorcycle license when he lived in Europe, but never thought about getting another one after he arrived in the United States in 1968.
In other gubernatorial news, Missouri's Matt Blunt is still in the Naval Reserves, drilling when he wants -- especially if it means he can skip a Martin Luther King event in St. Louis.

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