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WE ARE NOW SEEING NEW VIDEO
OF THE KISSIMMEE CITY
COMMISSIONER STOPPED FOR
SPEEDING IN A CITY VEHICLE.
COMMISSIONER SARAH SHAW IS
ACCUSED OF FLYING DOWN THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE TOPPING SPEEDS
OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.
WESH 2'S MATT GRANT JOINING US
LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS TROUBLING
TRAFFIC STOP.
MATT?
ON THE VIDEO YOU CAN HEAR THE
TROOPER CLOCKING THE
COMMISSIONER AT 100 MILES AN
HOUR AND YOU CAN HEAR HOW
STUNNED HE IS WHEN HE REALIZED
HE IS PULLING OVER A CITY
VEHICLE.
WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK
AT THE DASH CAM VIDEO RECORDED
THE NIGHT COMMISSIONER SARAH
SHAW WAS PULLED OVER ON THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE GOING 105 MILES
AN HOUR.
[ SIRENS ON ]
IT'S 1:40 A.M. ON AUGUST 14TH.
RAINING AND SHAW IS HEADED TO A
CONFERENCE TO GIVE A SPEECH ON
RED-LIGHT CAMERAS.
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
THIS IS A CITY?
SHE IS DRIVING A CITY
VEHICLE.
I GOT YOU ON RADAR AT 100 AND
PACED AT 105.
OH REALLY?
YES, MA'AM.
ARE YOU SURE?
I'M 100 PERCENT SURE.
YOU WERE PASSING EVERYONE.
SHAW TELLS THE TROOPER THE
SAME THING SHE TOLD US LAST
WEEK.
THAT THE FORD F-150 HAS A SPEED
CONTROL DEVICE CALLED A GOVERNOR
THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HER
FROM GOING THAT FAST.
THIS TRUCK HAS A GOVERNOR.
WELL THE GOVERNOR IS OFF
BECAUSE I GOT YOU AT 105.
CITY OFFICIALS TELL WESH 2
THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY
KIND OF SPEED CONTROL DEVICE
INSTALLED AND IN RESPONSE TO
THIS INCIDENT THE COMMISSION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
NEW MEASURES FRIDAY BARRING
ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM BARRING
CITY VEHICLES.
SHAW DECIDED TO COMMENT CITING
ADVICE FROM HER ATTORNEY.
SHE WOULD NOT SAY HOW FAST SHE
THINKS SHE WAS GOING WHEN HE
ASKED HER LAST WEEK.
HOW FAST WERE YOU GOING.
?
I WAS NOT GOING 105
MIME-MILES AN HOUR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
105 IS WHAT I GOT YOU PACED
AT.
ON RADAR AT 100.
ON THESE NICE WET ROADS.
WE CHECKED AND SHAW'S LICENSE
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOUR TIMES
SINCE 2010.