California’s scofflaw First Lady has done it again – two traffic offenses in one muffin-eating sitting in fact.

TMZ has broken out pictures of Maria Shriver eating a muffin in her car, parked in an expired parking meter.

Although a parking officer attempted to issue a citation to the Kennedy scion for the traffic offense, a man who introduced himself as a member of the CHP Dignitary Protection Unit convinced the officer not to ticket the governor’s wife.

According to reports, Maria then drove off from the scene of the traffic violation (without even bothering to put a quarter in the meter) and this time, she drove without wearing her seatbelt!

Santa Monica authorities say that Maria would have only been exempt from parking laws if she were on official business and indicated it by placing a placard on the car’s dashboard.

But unfortunately, Maria who is once again the poster girl for California traffic laws violation was in Santa Monica for shoe shopping and muffins. Hence, TMZ has cheekily dubbed Maria’s latest traffic gaffes as “Muffin Gate”.

It is utterly ironic and hypocritical that California’s public figures are also the ones caught red-handedly violating their State’s traffic laws.

In fact, just this week, Maria’s husband, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was also pictured to have parked his Porche convertible in the red zone.

According to the laws in California, in stopping, standing, or parking alongside a red curb is prohibited. Likewise, CA has a mandatory seatbelt law which requires that no person shall be allowed to operate a motor vehicle unless he and passengers 16 years of age or over are properly restrained by a safety belt.

Husband and wife both did not get cited for their traffic infractions.

Whatever happened to public officials leading their people by example and upholding the law they are sworn to protect?

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