Does It Still Count As Speeding If You're in a Hybrid Car?
If you're driving 100 miles per hour, but in a hybrid vehicle, can you still get pulled over? Unfortunately for Al Gore III, yes. From Reuters:
The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said.Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.
Speed limits suck. Why can't we institute a system of "speeding offsets," like the market for carbon offsets? Grandmothers in Boca Raton, who consistently drive 10 miles under the speed limit, could supplement their incomes by selling the right to speed. Who needs Social Security?
After the traffic stop, things only got worse for young Al. From the New York Daily News:
Deputies then searched the car, and Gore faced an inconvenient truth when they allegedly found a small amount of pot and mind-altering pills - Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall."He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs," [a sheriff's spokesman] said.
Finally, we loved this little detail:
Al the 3rd lives in Los Angeles and works for GOOD magazine, which describes itself as "media for people who give a damn."
If this arrest is BAD for Al's career at GOOD, we hear they're accepting résumés over at High Times.
Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car [Reuters]
He's our li'l eco-maniac! [New York Daily News]
Al Gore's Son Busted! [TMZ via Jezebel]
(29) Comments
First!!!!!!!!!
Who knew a Gore could be such a badass?
snooze. this has already been reported every where. nothing original or entertaining going on with this post.
I didn't even know a Hybrid could get up to 100 mph.
The kid had a serious head injury as a child when he was hit by a car. Don't you people remember that?
His history of behaviorable problems could easily be a result of the aftereffects of serious head trauma. For instance, impulse control is a very common aftereffect. It gets many head trauma people in all kinds of trouble.
I am curious about the meds he had. Did he EVER have prescriptions for these - sometimes the police will claim a defendant doesn't have prescriptions for drugs when in reality there was an expired prescription or the pills were no longer in their original container. In any event, I'd like to know all the details.
Not that there aren't a thousand other reasons for using pot, but I do know people with ADD who use adderall and feel pot helps make the drugs, side effects and their symptoms bearable.
Or I guess he could just be a badass. In a Prius.
Tipper must be pissed.
There's always some jerk who has to be a total buzz-kill and try to end all our fun by shouting "serious medical condition!"
F'ing dumbass. Didn't Daddy ever teach him to never, ever consent to a police search during a traffic stop?
Who's the dumbass who keeps posting "first" on each entry?
Christ Lat, this is ancient news. Your site is losing it.
FIRST!@!!!!
who said little al consented to the search?
It's still the top story on the Drudge Report. So it's not that old.
Also, the news broke on July 4th, when ATL wasn't posting.
3:05 sucks: Its actually a series of dumbasses rather than one dumbass who keeps posting "first."
C'mon guys... search incident to arrest. Doesn't anyone remember law school?
where did Lat go?
Wow. He even looks like Al Gore. Same pudginess, bad hair, and vacant/slightly annoyed look.
Please, 4:29, leave the heavy lifting to the real lawyers.
The news itself may be a little old, but the Lat's trademark snarkiness was worth the wait. "Speeding offsets" - priceless!
He shoulda put his stash in a lockbox.
Everyone say it with Darrell Hammond -- "Lock-box"
I didn't know a Prius could even go 100 mph.
Gore and all of his brood are morons. He must have been guilty about his carbon footprint ...
he was kicked out of prep school for selling oregano as pot. i guess he grew out of that phase!
Definitely the least attractive member of the Gore clan.
"Dodgeball"
Arrrr! Me dope be at the bottom of the sea in a lock-box, matey!
Last!
Dogeball = Venetian dodgeball?