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Gov. Sanford's Driver To Get Speeding Ticket

Driver Was Traveling 20 MPH Over Limit, Officials Say

POSTED: 9:28 am EDT October 8, 2009
UPDATED: 12:01 pm EDT October 8, 2009

A State Law Enforcement Division agent who was driving South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will be issued a ticket for speeding, despite being issued a warning originally.

Also: Is it fair for Governor Sanford's driver to get a ticket for speeding after first being let off with a warning?

The governor’s vehicle was pulled over on Interstate 385 while he was traveling back to Columbia on Tuesday. Sanford had made stops in Gaffney and Easley that day.

The dashcam video from the traffic stop showed Sanford’s driver getting out of the car. The trooper, Lance Cpl. R.S. Slater, then asked the driver if he had a good reason to be going 85 mph in a 65 mph zone. The agent then told Slater that he was driving the governor.

Slater: “Not really a good reason to be speeding is it?”

Agent: “Tell him that.”

Slater: “What?”

Agent: “Tell him that!”

The video showed Slater walk over to the side of Sanford’s vehicle, shake his hand and let the agent go with a warning.

Director of Public Safety Mark Keel said that after reviewing the incident a ticket for speeding will be issued to the agent.

SLED Director Reggie Lloyd would not identify the agent who was driving Sanford that day. He called the agent’s actions “totally inappropriate.” He said that the whole agency owed both Slater and Sanford an apology.

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