'Superdell' reckless driving case finally going to trial

OREM — Almost two years after Dell "Superdell" Schanze was cited for reckless driving in Saratoga Springs, his case will finally go to trial in June.

The former computer salesman said he was weaving to entertain his children when an officer with the state tax commission's Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division, which regulates car sales and investigates stolen vehicles, pulled him over. Schanze was also cited for seat belt violations because police said the kids were not buckled in.

Charlie Roberts, spokesman for the MVED, said that the officer had to pull off the narrow road in a construction zone suddenly to avoid Schanze's car.

"He put the officer's life at risk and potentially others," Roberts said after a hearing Thursday in 4th District Court.

The same officer had a previous run-in with Schanze several years ago when Schanze buzzed I-15 in a motorized parachute, Roberts said.

At the hearing, Judge Thomas Low rejected a motion to dismiss the case by defense attorney Harold Stone, who argued that Schanze was not driving recklessly because he remained in his lane.

The judge set a one-day trial on June 7.

The usually audible Schanze, who recently filed to seek the Republican nomination for governor, was not in the courtroom. Stone said he was out of the country on business.

— Paul Koepp