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Former Vice President Has Run In With The Law
Aug 19, 2004

Erynne A. Elkins
WNCT-TV 9

Former Vice President Al Gore is back in the headlines, but this time it has nothing to do with politics.

Gore was cited earlier this month for speeding on a highway near Astoria, Oregon.

According to Oregon police, Gore was driving 77 miles per hour in a 55 zone.

The former vice president was on his way to visit his family.

The police officer, however, did give Gore a break...

He only cited him for driving 75 miles per hour and issued him a ticket for $141 instead of $237.

Gore has until mid September to either pay the ticket or fight it in court.

I miss the Oregon coast. My daughter wanted to go to the beach this week but we looked at the pictures online of Virginia Beach and changed our minds. It's ugly compared to the rugged, rocky, isolated and seren Oregon coast.

Ps: He's lucky he got ticketed in person so he knew he had a ticket. In Oregon, especially along the coast, they have speeding stations. Little strips on the road to gauge mph and a camera set up to take a photograph of the car, driver and license plate. He could've gotten multiple tickets in the mail at a later date and not even known about it at the time of the occurence.

Go the speed limit, Mr. Gore! :lol: Be careful out there.

That's a bit too much like big brother to me. People need to have it stopped.

The roads wind through the forested mountains and you never know which bend you round will be a speed trap. They move 'em.

You could hit a deer. The worst and more common accidents are the head on collisions though because the roads are narrow one to two lane freeways with nothing dividing the lanes.

I think this article shows how dysfuctional the media is. Al Gore getting a speeding ticket makes headlines while Bush's theft of the 2000 election is nowhere to be found.

I am sick of the abuse done to the REAL PRESIDENT AL GORE. Everyday it is something or someone else dumping on him. It is a disgrace. This month alone it's been one thing after another. The story out of Italy, the bogus ticket in Oregon. Some young punk cop who said he didn't know him, that's a lot of bull. Just trying to make a name for himself by harassing this great man. It was probably a set up, they knew he was coming through that area by himself. Tucker Carlson's abuse is disgusting, he makes my blood boil. I sure wish there was a way to stop all this. I wonder if THIEF Bush is behind all this. AL GORE is my PRESIDENT and I'm disgusted with all this evil done to him.

Al Gore pleads guilty to speeding, pays ticket
Former Vice President Al Gore pleaded guilty for speeding when he drove a rented car to visit family on the coast, authorities said.
Gore paid the $141 ticket for driving 75 miles per hour on Highway 26 in the northwest corner of the state. The speed limit is 55 in that area.
Gore was issued the ticket on Aug. 3 at 12:37 p.m., said Lt. Dale Rutledge, spokesman for the Oregon State Police.
The trooper who stopped Gore did not recognize him until he furnished his license. "He actually went back up and re-contacted (Gore), and asked him if he was who he thought he was, and said he was," said OSP Sgt. Andrew Merila. "Mr. Gore was very polite and courteous and understood."
The trooper said Gore, who carried Oregon when he ran for president in 2000, was polite throughout the encounter.
Gore paid the citation by mail to Clatsop County Circuit Court. .
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=70743

http://Gore Ticket

I'm still new here and my posts have been ignored. I'm not pissed at anyone here. I guess no one warms upto newbies, so I'll just make my point. Isn't anyone sick and tired of this abuse done to the AL GORE the REAL PRESIDENT??? I want to know the facts, although they are always against AL. This ticket should never have happpened, it was a set-up. I was once ashamed to admit I lived in Florida, now I'm ashamed to admit I live in Oregon. Any response???

Watch the video of the stop:

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=70792

Video Shows Trooper Is Surprised By Al Gore

PORTLAND, ORE. - One month ago Oregon State Trooper Eric Tholberg made another routine traffic stop, yet what Tholberg did not know at the time was the man behind the wheel would not be in the position of getting a speeding ticket if the presidential election had gone differently in 2000.

Al Gore never had a chance to be president; so he stepped from the national spotlight back into normal American life, which includes speeding tickets.

"The reason I'm stopping you, is I checked your speed at 77 miles per hour," Tholberg said to the driver of a rental car. "Do you have any legal justification for going that fast today?"

"Uh, no, I just didn't realize it'd slipped up there," Gore said to the trooper who did not recognize him as the former vice president.

On the police video, Trooper Tholberg can be seen walking back to his cruiser, then suddenly voices his surprise into the police radio after he takes a closer look at the driver's license he was just been handed.

"No way!"

Just to be sure, he heads back to the rental car for another look.

"This name's just now kicking in to me. Are you the Al Gore I think you are?" asks Tholberg.

"Yes, I am, Yeah." said Gore.

"(Chuckle) alright. I'll be back," responds Tholberg.

Back in his cruiser - Tholberg cuts the former vice president a break. He writes the ticket for 75 miles an hour instead of 77 because the price of the ticket goes up over 75 miles an hour.

Tholberg told KATU he did that, not because Al Gore almost became the most powerful man in the world, but because he has given the same courtesy to other drivers.

He then explained what Gore did not know about the sometimes-dangerous highway.

"We have a lot of bad crashes on this highway," Tholberg warned. "You got thousand pound elk that will step out in front of you and at 77 miles per hour, it can get pretty ugly. So, we want to see you get there safe, sir."

"I appreciate it officer," said Gore. "Thank you so much."

After the conclusion of the conversation, the man who almost became president is seen heading for the Oregon coast, possibly thinking that he never would have been in the position of getting a ticket if things had turned out differently four years ago.

Don't be ashamed of living in Oregon..thats a beautiful part of this country. And yes, I am sick of Al Gore being abused by the media but in this case, I think the officer was really nice. Mr. Gore does have to drive now and he needs to be careful..or get a radar detector! One of these days he will be in his house on Pennsylvania Ave and get to do the job he was elected to!

You definitely need a radar detector while driving along the Oregon coast.

I was right about how it was where he was stopped. Check out the photo:
Police photo from video

September 3, 2004
Video shows trooper is surprised by Al Gore
PORTLAND, ORE. - One month ago Oregon State Trooper Eric Tholberg made another routine traffic stop, yet what Tholberg did not know at the time was the man behind the wheel would not be in the position of getting a speeding ticket if the presidential election had gone differently in 2000.
Al Gore never had a chance to be president; so he stepped from the national spotlight back into normal American life, which includes speeding tickets.
"The reason I'm stopping you, is I checked your speed at 77 miles per hour," Tholberg said to the driver of a rental car. "Do you have any legal justification for going that fast today?"
"Uh, no, I just didn't realize it'd slipped up there," Gore said to the trooper who did not recognize him as the former vice president.
On the police video, Trooper Tholberg can be seen walking back to his cruiser, then suddenly voices his surprise into the police radio after he takes a closer look at the driver's license he was just been handed.
"No way!"
Just to be sure, he heads back to the rental car for another look.
"This name's just now kicking in to me. Are you the Al Gore I think you are?" asks Tholberg.
"Yes, I am, Yeah." said Gore.
"(Chuckle) alright. I'll be back," responds Tholberg.
Back in his cruiser - Tholberg cuts the former vice president a break. He writes the ticket for 75 miles an hour instead of 77 because the price of the ticket goes up over 75 miles an hour.
Tholberg told KATU he did that, not because Al Gore almost became the most powerful man in the world, but because he has given the same courtesy to other drivers.
He then explained what Gore did not know about the sometimes-dangerous highway.
"We have a lot of bad crashes on this highway," Tholberg warned. "You got thousand pound elk that will step out in front of you and at 77 miles per hour, it can get pretty ugly. So, we want to see you get there safe, sir."
"I appreciate it officer," said Gore. "Thank you so much."
After the conclusion of the conversation, the man who almost became president is seen heading for the Oregon coast, possibly thinking that he never would have been in the position of getting a ticket if things had turned out differently four years ago.
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=70792
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*bad crashes is right. He didn't even mention the head on collisions.