Washington – Now here’s a date in traffic court we’d like to attend: In the matter of Antonin Scalia and the George Washington Parkway pileup.
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A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Antonin Scalia was involved in a minor car accident while driving in to work.
Scalia was not injured in the accident, which happened while he was driving his car on the George Washington Parkway outside of Washington, D.C., court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
The Supreme Court justice was ticketed for his role in the four-car fender-bender.
The 75-year-old Scalia was on the bench when the Tuesday morning session began.
There should be a minimum AND maximum age to have the privilege to drive. These old drivers are mamash a sakana. The supreme court should deal with this issue.
I’m surprised that a Surpreme Court Justice doesn’t have a security agent from the court driving him back and forth to work but apparently only the CJ gets a car and driver. The location of the accident, on the southbound side of the parkway just past the Rt 123 exit always has accidents because the merge lane is so short.
It is always easy to KNOW what happened and who caused it by judging based on age of driver. The only slight problem is that this may not yield the correct result.
i remember a tragedy that happened at a Purim Party where a car driven by an older person caused a fatality. Though all the experts decided it was terrorism, then moved to age related. the car in question was found to be affected by the Toyota/floor mats issue, just as it appeared at the time.
Without all of the facts leading up to the accident it would be very unfair to pass judgement at this time. What suprises me is the fact that a person in such a powerful position is driving himself and apparently without security.
The report on this mornings TV news said that Justice Scalia was ticketed for following too closely. On the surface one could assume that hitting someone from behind would be caused by that. There are times when that is not always the case. Unless the police officer who issued the ticket actually saw it happen that way, it would be a case to make an argument against. There are also professional scam artists who will suddenly cut in front of a vehicle with the intention of being rear ended to start a bogus insurance claim for injuries.
#2 , All justices of the S.Ct. are given the option of having drivers pick them up and take them home. Most opt to drive themselves.