NJ Governor was not wearing seatbelt

The prayers of Mod-Blog are with NJ Governor John Corzine at this time after a very serious car crash this week. He was on his way to a mediation between Don Imus and the Rutgers Women's Basketball team when his vehicle was involved in an accident with a red Ford pickup. His injuries are very serious.

A state trooper was at the wheel and the governor was sitting as usual in the front passenger seat when the SUV slammed into a guard rail Thursday night, authorities said. Corzine broke a leg, his breastbone, 12 ribs and a vertebra.
Corzine, 60, was sedated and on a breathing tube...Dr. Robert Ostrum, who performed two hours of surgery on the governor Thursday night, said a rod was inserted in Corzine's leg, and additional operations were scheduled for Saturday and Monday.

However, this is not merely a post for sympathy. It turns out the governor was not wearing his seatbelt and had refused to put it on repeatedly in the past. Kids, remember, when adults fail to do something that we all know we should, it does not mean they are safe. It just means that they are willingly putting themselves at risk for a ventillator.