The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports today that Adrian Peterson was popped for a 109-in-a-55(!) speeding ticket last weekend:
Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson said Thursday that he’ll be more careful after police clocked him driving 109 mph on a suburban Minneapolis highway over the weekend and cited him for speeding.
Peterson told The Associated Press he “got a little speeding ticket. I need to be more aware of the speed I was going and not let it happen again.”
Peterson was pulled Saturday night at 8:30 while driving his BMW through a 55-mph zone on “a normally busy stretch of road known as the Crosstown that connects Minneapolis with southern and western suburbs.”
What’s interesting is that police are saying it was a “routine” traffic stop.
Edina police spokeswoman Molly Anderson said. She said Peterson was given a citation and allowed to drive away after what appeared to be a “very routine” traffic stop.
If you were popped for 54 mph over the limit in an affluent Minny suburb, you think the attending cop would treat you in a “routine” manner?
Peterson told the AP he wasn’t going that fast, “But I know it was a speeding ticket, and that’s what I got issued for.”
I’m thinking it’s the opposite. Peterson was most likely going faster than 109 mph - as police are often known to knock off mph on a ticket.
Peterson was speeding to the hotel where the team stays the night before home games, the running back said he wasn’t late … until he got pulled.
Just the latest case in a long litany of celebrity justice. See it almost every day.
3:45 pm on December 3rd, 2009
i’ll bet in MN if you go twice the speed limit that’s automatically considered reckless driving, hence AP only being cited for 109.
3:59 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Bob,
Great point. Bet you’re dead on. Like I said, he was going FASTER than 109.
4:37 pm on December 3rd, 2009
I’m not even mad, I’m impressed.
4:47 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Where is the outrage? You go on and on about the irresponsible behavior from Tiger Woods yet he never put other people’s lives’ at risk with his actions like Peterson just did.
Are you going to cover this story just as intently with just as much outrage?
5:06 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Jack is a tool.
8:01 pm on December 3rd, 2009
As a former officer in a not-so affluent Minnesota suburb, I can tell you 30 over in MN is reckless driving, and it’s supposed to equal automatic revocation. The car should have been towed because he displayed a “willful and wanton disregard to public safety”. (If I’m remembering my statute correctly)
8:01 pm on December 3rd, 2009
That being said…Skol Vikings!!!!
8:04 pm on December 3rd, 2009
Oh, and one more thing. Edina police are notorious for making their officers reach “goals” (not quotas, because that’s illegal) in tickets. So they’ll pull over cars for 3-5 over, which is pretty unheard of around the metro.
12:10 am on December 4th, 2009
To set the record straight, MN law was changed in 2005 to allow the DMV to revoke a driver’s license of anyone driving in excess of 100 MPH on any road. Therefore, the speed citation for 109 actually carries a higher penalty than a reckless driving citation. Also, for the record, EPD officers are not given goals and would rarely if ever stop a vehicle for 3-5 over. Get your info straight Nate. As a former officer, shame on you for spreading untrue rumors. AP was clocked at 109, no more no less. How do I know? EPD officer here.
1:13 pm on December 4th, 2009
109mph?
nah, tiger in a low speed accident is obviously far more every fricking station/website in the universe 24/7 newsworthy..