Rumors that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was not wearing a seatbelt during Thursday night's crash that left him critically injured have been confirmed. In no way should this diminish our sympathy and concern for the governor's injuries, nor our hopes and prayers that he make a speedy and full recovery. Thankfully he's expected to make a full recovery after completing extensive rehab.  But there are significant concerns of a different sort arising out of the incident. Yesterday's NY Times originally reported that Col. Joseph R. Fuentes, superintendent of the NJ State Police said last night that:"he was unsure whether Mr. Corzine was wearing a seatbelt; he often does not" [emphasis added]As NJ Law clearly mandates all front seat occupants of passenger vehicles be restrained, it would follow that Corzine's injuries would have been much less severe had the highest level executive of the state been following the laws of that same state.Assuming the Governor was...(Read Full Post)