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VKSF said:
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I think the multitude of accidents really reaffirms the point that the CGT needs to come with a driver training program...

Even though it is directly applicable to this accident (seeing that the car was lent to someone), by making the purchaser realize the severity and danger of the car, he/she would most likely be less prone to lending it out to friends.



Plenty of rusty 150hp-200hp cars killing people @65MPH w/drunk/inattentive drivers every day in US.....

Don't have pesky/wealthy personal injury lawyers in EU, so lim personal liab risk to lending a supercar to your favorite bimbo....

In US, any smart owner of a supercar knows where/when to exploit its potential....if he doesn't, Darwinian selection and/or lawyers/prosecutors will make sure penalties are severe for poor risk/reward judgement....



I disagree with your comments. Porsche put into the stream of commerce a car that has more power than any other production car they produced and failed to provide it with automatic stability controls. Porsche is well aware that the buyers of this car can include people with no experience to handle a car of this power and that the car would be driven by inexperienced drivers.

Consider that the propective buyers were brainwashed with factory professional drivers showing them what the car was capable of. At no time were they allowed to drive the car during the demonstration. It is certainly foresseable and not unreasonable for Porsche to conclude buyers would try to immulate the factory drivers and allow others to drive this car.

Finally, do you realize that but for W. Rohrl's insistence, there would not be any traction control on this monster?

This car is not a car I would want to ride in.