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The Explorer is Super-Safe (this time) was Teen driver falls asleep, dies, gets $61M
Old Wolf wrote: > http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14014165 > > 17 year old driver FALLS ASLEEP at the wheel, and his Exploder > ends up flipping, killing him. Any normal parent would bemoan > their son's carelessness and driving while tired. But no, this lot > gets $61 million from the car manufacturer. I wonder if the parents > are now contemplating clever ways to off their other children and > double their money. > > I hope (for the sake of US residents who'll end up paying the price) > that this loses on appeal. God forbid that all cars will now have > to be designed to not kill their driver if the driver falls asleep. I've now twice on CBS during football seen 2006 Explorer ads about how safe it is, with it's Intelligent Safety Systems, meeting federal standards early, etc. Maybe they learned something from all these lawsuits. Dave |
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The Explorer is Super-Safe (this time) was Teen driver falls asleep, dies, gets $61M
Dave wrote: > Old Wolf wrote: > > http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14014165 > > > > 17 year old driver FALLS ASLEEP at the wheel, and his Exploder > > ends up flipping, killing him. Any normal parent would bemoan > > their son's carelessness and driving while tired. But no, this lot > > gets $61 million from the car manufacturer. I wonder if the parents > > are now contemplating clever ways to off their other children and > > double their money. > > > > I hope (for the sake of US residents who'll end up paying the price) > > that this loses on appeal. God forbid that all cars will now have > > to be designed to not kill their driver if the driver falls asleep. > > I've now twice on CBS during football seen 2006 Explorer ads about how > safe it is, with it's Intelligent Safety Systems, meeting federal > standards early, etc. > > Maybe they learned something from all these lawsuits. > > Dave I'm surprised, actually - advertising all those "safety" features seems to invite lawsuits when morons do what comes naturally. nate |
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The Explorer is Super-Safe (this time) was Teen driver falls asleep, dies, gets $61M
"N8N" > wrote in message oups.com... > > Dave wrote: >> Old Wolf wrote: >> > http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14014165 >> > >> > 17 year old driver FALLS ASLEEP at the wheel, and his Exploder >> > ends up flipping, killing him. Any normal parent would bemoan >> > their son's carelessness and driving while tired. But no, this lot >> > gets $61 million from the car manufacturer. I wonder if the parents >> > are now contemplating clever ways to off their other children and >> > double their money. >> > >> > I hope (for the sake of US residents who'll end up paying the price) >> > that this loses on appeal. God forbid that all cars will now have >> > to be designed to not kill their driver if the driver falls asleep. >> >> I've now twice on CBS during football seen 2006 Explorer ads about how >> safe it is, with it's Intelligent Safety Systems, meeting federal >> standards early, etc. >> >> Maybe they learned something from all these lawsuits. >> >> Dave > > I'm surprised, actually - advertising all those "safety" features seems > to invite lawsuits when morons do what comes naturally. > > nate > I agree. Even a sports car can flip under the right conditions. Fall asleep at the wheel and the odds are high someone will kick the bucket. Matters not the vehicle. I suppose had this individual been driving a Civic and the passenger died from slamming a tree, they would sue Honda for making a car too small and too light to plow the tree over. Please! |
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