COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer has been stopped at least twice for speeding in the past four months, but did --not-- get a ticket.

Information obtained today by The Associated Press under a Freedom of Information Act request shows Bauer was doing 101 miles an hour on Interstate 77 on February 25th in Chester County. Bauer radioed a dispatcher and tried to communicate with a trooper who was chasing him. The speed limit was 70 miles an hour. The trooper pulled along side and asked Bauer's name and left.

Bauer was stopped for going 77 or 78 miles an hour on Interstate 385 in Laurens County the day after Christmas. The speed limit was 65 miles an hour.

Bauer has --not-- been available for comment today as he presides over the Senate.

Public Safety Director James Schweitzer last week told troopers that a person's political status should --not-- affect law enforcement actions.

Bauer was stopped in Columbia in 2003 for going 60 miles-an-hour in a 35 miles-per-hour zone. He paid more than 300 dollars in fines for driving too fast and failing to stop for an officer's flashing blue lights or siren in that case.

He has --not-- yet filed for re-election. The deadline is Thursday.