# Tiger Woods injured **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 27, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163 "2009-11-27T19:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/201 "2009-12-01T21:00:22Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > They do? If I drove my car around the back yard of my mansion and crashed into one of my marble statues, I could get a traffic citation? If there were a fire hydrant, I would think it public property. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/202 "2009-12-01T21:02:35Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Doubtful. But yards aren’t roads. I know of nowhere that traffic laws apply to yards. Is there much traffic in your back yard? Tons! > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If there were a fire hydrant, I would think it public property. Oh yeah, there’s that. What if he hit his own mailbox or something _only_? No trees, no fire hydrants. Then would that be a ticketable offense? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/203 "2009-12-01T21:14:51Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Tons! > > Oh yeah, there’s that. What if he hit his own mailbox or something _only_? No trees, no fire hydrants. Then would that be a ticketable offense? Heck if I know. Does one’s automobile insurance claim depend upon a police report? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/204 "2009-12-01T21:35:51Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > Well, as he cancelled his appearance at his own tournament, and as he’s cancelled the press conference he had scheduled for today… Right. So he wouldn’t have needed to fake an accident. Thank you for helping me make my point. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/205 "2009-12-01T21:41:35Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Check out this hyper-realisitc [re-enactment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5FlC1MpkE&feature=player_embedded) from China. Quite humorous. Wow. That’s weird and impressive at the same time. The Tiger Sim is a pretty good facsimile of Eldrick. But why is he driving a Toyota Sienna? ---
**Author:** ![capeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@capeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capeo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/206 "2009-12-01T21:44:30Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Tons! > > Oh yeah, there’s that. What if he hit his own mailbox or something _only_? No trees, no fire hydrants. Then would that be a ticketable offense? As far as I know, if the car never left your own yard then there is no offense. If he lost control on the road and hit a mailbox, even your own, you can technically get cited. More to the point, as far as I know every state has a provision that states something along the lines of any traffic code can be enforced on any road, public or private, if the general public has access to it. If it’s gated traffic laws don’t apply. That isn’t to say other laws don’t apply though. If you were drag racing in your back yard, lost control and took out a crowd of your friends you can still be charged with reckless endangerment and such. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/207 "2009-12-01T21:47:05Z")
What’s also missing here is the fact that Tiger’s refusal to meet with/discuss the incident with law enforcement made them look foolish. So that’s part, I’m sure, of the smacking he received from the FHP. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/208 "2009-12-01T21:49:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > They do? If I drove my car around the back yard of my mansion and crashed into one of my marble statues, I could get a traffic citation? Potentially, yes. I know you can get a DUI for driving drunk in your own driveway, as one of our local swells found out earlier this year. Now for **Bricker** -esque rhetorical question time: You are driving erratically in a mall parking lot, which is privately owned by the mall. You nearly hit another driver and smack into a light pole. Can you be cited for a traffic violation? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/209 "2009-12-01T21:51:17Z")
If the hydrant is public property it makes sense he’d get a ticket for hitting it. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/210 "2009-12-01T21:52:54Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Doubtful. But yards aren’t roads. I know of nowhere that traffic laws apply to yards. Is there much traffic in your back yard? So if I put asphalt on my yard that makes it a road subject to police presence? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/211 "2009-12-01T21:54:40Z")
Isn’t your mailbox technically the property of the US Postal Service? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/212 "2009-12-01T21:54:54Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Potentially, yes. I know you can get a DUI for driving drunk in your own driveway, as one of our local swells found out earlier this year. > > Now for **Bricker** -esque rhetorical question time: You are driving erratically in a mall parking lot, which is privately owned by the mall. You nearly hit another driver and smack into a light pole. Can you be cited for a traffic violation? We had a thread on this a while back, and I thought we came to the conclusion that in a mall scenario, yes you can be cited because while it is private property, it is open to the general public. In this case, the road is a private access road, only open to residents of the community and their invited visitors. If you or I tried to drive there, we would be turned away. That would lead me to think that it is a private road, and that state public highways laws wouldn’t apply. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/213 "2009-12-01T22:37:13Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > In this case, the road is a private access road, only open to residents of the community and their invited visitors. If you or I tried to drive there, we would be turned away. That would lead me to think that it is a private road, and that state public highways laws wouldn’t apply. Why would their invited visitors be exempt from traffic laws? Suppose someone commits vehicular manslaughter? No charges would be filed? Do you seriously think that the Florida Highway Patrol would issue a citation if it had no jurisdiction? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/214 "2009-12-01T23:13:44Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > … in a mall scenario, yes you can be cited because while it is private property, it is open to the general public. And it may well be the case that the mall has invited the local cops to exert jurisdiction. > [@](#): > > In this case, the road is a private access road, only open to residents of the community and their invited visitors. Could be the same story here. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/215 "2009-12-01T23:41:00Z")
Now, it turns out there is a woman who is claiming to have had an affair with Tiger over the course of several months in 2007. She claims to have proof, including copies of text messages. If true, maybe there is a good reason that Ms. Woods took an iron to something… ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/216 "2009-12-02T00:06:17Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Now, it turns out there is a woman who is claiming to have had an affair with Tiger over the course of several months in 2007. She claims to have proof, including copies of text messages. > > If true, maybe there is a good reason that Ms. Woods took an iron to something… My favorite part about this story is that the second other woman (the one DSYoung mentions) is shocked and feels betrayed that Tiger was sleeping with someone other than her (and of course his wife). She claims Tiger told her he didnt have time for other (other) women… I hope Tiger’s wife kicks his ass to the curb and takes him for all he is worth. (but of course, I am sure she will stick with him and assure the world what a wonderful husband and father Tiger is) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/217 "2009-12-02T00:20:57Z")
I can’t believe he wouldn’t have gotten a pre-nup. No way she’d ever get half. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/218 "2009-12-02T00:23:34Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > My favorite part about this story is that the second other woman (the one DSYoung mentions) is shocked and feels betrayed that Tiger was sleeping with someone other than her (and of course his wife). She claims Tiger told her he didnt have time for other (other) women… > I hope Tiger’s wife kicks his ass to the curb and takes him for all he is worth. (but of course, I am sure she will stick with him and assure the world what a wonderful husband and father Tiger is) We’re assuming this is all true vs the accusing waitress/reality show contestant being a psychotic fame whore. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/219 "2009-12-02T00:26:50Z")
A few more dalliances are coming to the fore. He is taking advantage of the golf groupies and fringe benefits. Tiger is human after all. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163/220 "2009-12-02T00:49:19Z")
> [@astro](#): > > We’re assuming this is all true vs the accusing waitress/reality show contestant being a psychotic fame whore. You are right, I DONT know if this is true or not, but I tend to believe that Tiger was fucking several women in addition to his wife. I am a bit surprised that it has taken this long to come to light, because as you say, the women who have come forward so far all look like they enjoy the noteriety, in other words “psychotic fame whores” It is a little shocking that one didnt come forward before this, but you can bet they will come pouring out of the "Woods"work now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-injured/519163.md?page=12)