Report: Gov.’s Car Clocked Speeding Repeatedly On Turnpike

A published report from the Harrisburg-based Patriot News suggests that Gov. Ed Rendell's Cadillac was speeding in 2004 and again from 2007 through 2008.

The newspaper obtained E-Z Pass records which contain date and time stamps of the governor’s state trooper-driven car.

The paper claimed that it calculated average speeds of the governor’s car based on the distance between exits and the time that passed between them. On one Sunday, the newspaper calculated the governor’s car traveled from New Stanton to Warrendale at nearly 100 mph.

However, the governor’s press secretary Chuck Ardo said Rendell was in Philadelphia the Sunday in question and was not in the car.

“The Patriot has stooped to the worst kind of ‘gotcha’ journalism,” said Ardo.

State residents think the governor, who has previously been accused of speeding, should slow down for his own safety and, more importantly, for everyone else’s.

“The speed limits are there for everybody,” said state resident William Walker. “They're for everyone's safety.”