Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets Caught Parking Porsche Illegally
By Lindsay Robertson | Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:05 AM


Governor Schwarzenegger on "Leno" last night.
NBC/Justin Lubin

Just last month, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, was caught parking her Cadillac Escalade in an illegal red zone in Santa Monica, weeks after publicly apologizing for using her cellphone while driving. Now it seems her husband has the same bad parking habits.



Yesterday, TMZ posted photos of the Governernator himself getting into a silver convertible Porsche in a red zone. It appears that the governor avoided a ticket (usually $90 for this particular violation), and his spokesman declined to comment.



Interestingly, just last night Schwarzenegger appeared on "The Jay Leno Show," where he participated in Leno's running "Green Car Challenge" segment. The governor spent the first part of the segment talking about his commitment to promoting green cars (a category which definitely does not include Porsches), and became noticeably hesitant when Leno asked him how long it's been since he's gotten a speeding ticket. "Not in the last six years," Schwarzenegger said, which is the amount of time he's been governor. Good thing Jay didn't ask about parking tickets!



Jay and Arnold then moved on to a gag that involved Arnold challenging Jay to a race and then "blowing up" his car with a bazooka:

don't these people have drivers?

it's California for gods sake

If Arnold wasn't using his clout as Governer to get out of parking tickets, then I'd be suspicious

With all the problems that exist in America today. Why is this a subject that captivates so many?

Hey priveleged but human.

He just doesn't have to pay for his, like we do!

i thought he drives a "Hummah".

if I remember right he had it converted to biodiesel

The Porche he drives is a biodiesel?

oh I dunno

but the hummer is

hmmmmm I wonder how many cars he does have

I know he also got a Tiger tank from Germany. Front of a restaurant.

I would drive that, in rush hour.