New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine wasn’t wearing a seat belt when he was badly injured in a highway crash - violating a law that the Garden State spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to promote.

Corzine’s spokesman admitted yesterday that the former Goldman Sachs boss - who doesn’t particularly like to buckle up - didn’t fasten his seat belt when he climbed into the SUV’s front passenger seat Thursday. He was on his way to mediate talks between shock jock Don Imus and the Rutgers women’s basketball team on Thursday.

The governor was left in serious condition when he went flying around the passenger compartment after his state-trooper driver swerved into a guardrail to avoid a pickup truck. That truck had swerved to avoid yet another vehicle.

“It does not appear the governor was wearing a seat belt,” said spokesman Anthony Coley. When asked if the governor ever wears a seat belt, he said: “Again, the State Police are investigating.”

Expect any and all of the following from the crash dummy:

1. New PSA’s about the importance of seatbelt wearing lest you end up like him.
2. A spate of enforcement, the likes of which will lead people to think that everything is safer and the government is looking out for them.
3. A bunch of schmucks commending him for his bravery but not condemning him for his blatant and obvious stupidity.

We’ll keep you posted as any of those develop.

via Gothamist

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