Loophole in License Law Saves Gov.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been riding his motorcycle without the proper license for years but was operating within the law Sunday, when he was in a crash, his spokeswoman said Monday.

The spokeswoman, Margita Thompson, said the governor does not hold an M1 endorsement on his driver's license, which is required for operating a motorcycle.

He acknowledges he needs to get one," Thompson said.

But on Sunday, the governor was saved by a sidecar, Thompson said.

Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley-Davidson with his 12-year-old son, Patrick, in the sidecar when they were hit by a car pulling out of a driveway in the 2100 block of Mandeville Canyon Road in Brentwood. The presence of the sidecar made the bike a three-wheeled vehicle, which Schwarzenegger was entitled to drive with his regular Class C driver's license, Thompson said.

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AND, of course he says:

"I was very lucky," he said. "It could have been far different. You never know … not just on a motorcycle, but when you go skiing. I did all those things anyway before I was governor. I never stick to the rules.

"I've had so many injuries with my movies and so on, this doesn't stop me for a minute," he added.

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Me, me, me, me. "I" not my "son". So you creep, are you going to take your child out with you again in your Nazi wagon?

for all the times he's ridden his bike on California streets when the sidecar wasn't hooked on. And I don't understand the loophole at all, since it's more difficult to ride with one of those damed things hooked up. If I have to have an M1 endorsement to ride a motorcycle, then so does he!