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Bathed In A Yellow Glow
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
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You can understand her grief but that is BS.
Can see that getting any legs, even over there. If the car passes all the required safety statutory regulations end of story. Even so if it was "speeding" around the streets your point kind of becomes invalid.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NSW
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Well it is America, so somebody should be sued.
God forbid anybody is ever held responsible for their own actions. I bet if the drivers estate had more money than Porsche it wouldn't be Porsche getting sued. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2013
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And I guess the Nikki Catsouras crash was also a 'Porsche problem'
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Render unto Caesar
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Wow, only in the USA.
So the car itself slammed into the pole, had nothing to do with the bags of meat controlling it? The pedals and steering wheel did the work themselves? http://oppositelock.kinja.com/debunk...-po-1475054822 As sad as it is to lose a loved one, there are times when you need to face up to the fact the accident wasn't the cause of the car, the maker or the road, the accident was caused by a number of factors, speed, poor maintenance of the car and probably a driver even with his racing experience, probably driving outside of his skill level. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...298318961.html
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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If Porsche lost this case (wouldn't surprise me if they settled which is what I think is the AIM) would we see safety stickers on the cars?
'If driven into stationary object, may cause DEATH!'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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My guess it's not in the lawyers best interest to tell their client that they need to use common sense before lodging such a claim?
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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Now you tell me. Gruesome.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
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no getting away from the fact that cars are over sized tin cans with a bit of frame work and and some folded sheet metal and heavy bits hanging off them.
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Can see her point, and understand she's looking for someone to hold responsible.
It is pretty much a track car with plates, Porsches own warnings confirm that, As said earlier, it will most likely end in out of court settlement. |
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If there was proof the car was 100% stock, always serviced and maintained by Porsche, and nothing untoward done by the driver then there may be a point. But I doubt any of those 3 points would apply.
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Take your FPV Falcon or HSV Commodore out and ram it sideways into a tree at 150kph and see what happens...
Hint: you won't be walking away... As Clarkson said, speed does not kill you...coming to a sudden stop, that's what kills you. Good point about the tyres...something people aren't reminded about enough with cars that do a small number of kilometers each year. Haven't seen a magazine article about it for a long time bow but I remember one saying the little known fact that tyres have a virtual "expiry date" where they will start to do very odd things if they haven't been worn down and replaced as per a normal regular use car. |
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At work its surprising how many old, like really old tyres come in cracks ect
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I remember seeing footage of the car crashed and on fire as some people drove by filming it and just drove off....I was kinda like wtf?
Australia is slowly following America in the pursuit of infinite lawsuits for someone else's mistakes. You see it every day on the roads, "I'm not a bad driver, everyone else is", what happened to accidents happen? I'm sure they didn't mean to crash into that pole at whatever speed.....
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I had forgotten the details of the Nikki Catsouras crash.
Worse than the accident is the people sending the images to family ![]() As for the Paul Walker story, I'm surprised it took this long. |
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There was a bit of an expose many years back in either Wheels or Motor magazine where they checked the dates of tyres being sold at smaller...and even a few larger...tyre outlets. Larger outlets of course have higher turnover so you will get "newer" tyres, but some smaller places had very old tyres for sale, but they were, technically, "new".
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What's the difference between a cat fish and a lawyer ?
One is a scum sucking bottom dweller .... The other is a fish |
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The man should be held responsible for his own actions. If you drive like that in any car and there is a chance of serious injury or death. The case should be thrown out but since it is the good ol' US of A, she might just win.
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It won't get to court cause there will be a settlement. This is what these cases normally aim for.
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They should also sue the Petrol Companies for making Petrol Flammable........
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