There was one obvious question raised by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s declaration that Tiger Woods’ February car crash was caused by excessive speed.
Why didn’t Woods receive so much as a speeding ticket or reckless driving citation if he was traveling nearly twice as fast as the permissible speed on the twisting road where he lost control of his SUV?
Lomita Sheriff’s Captain James Powers explained at a Wednesday news conference that there was insufficient evidence to support a citation without an eye witness or police observation. While the SUV’s event data recorder revealed that Woods reached speeds of up to 87 miles per hour just before the crash, Powers said issuing a citation would be “a waste of time” because “a lot of courts will dismiss it.