Re: Porsche & Lawsuits
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Crash said:Quote:
nberry said:
Trundle 997S in fact all the litigants had sign waivers. Generally,they are valid and upheld by the courts. However, the waivers do not apply to Porsche because none were signed regarding Porsche.
Nick, please answer me this:
If you go to a track, let's say California Speedway, with your F430, and you end up in the same situation Ben and Cory did; you are racing down the straight at close to 150 mph, when another car pulls out in front of you. You swerve, slide, hit the concrete barrier and you die. After you've been buried 20 feet deep, since deep down you lawyers are really nice guys, would you want your wife to sue Ferrari?
Answer honestly, please.
If the car in some way contributed to my death, yes. Assume just for argument that he was shown that Porsche new the CGT had a propensity to spin out at high speeds as a result of the slightest lifting of the throtte and turning of the wheel ( I do not if that is the case). What if anything to would you expect Porsche to do?
If you take the approach that personal responsibility is all that matters consider the consequences and how it would impact your everyday life. Products placed on the market which are dangerous not only to the users but to those around the users and society saying should you or others be injuried tough you choose to use a dangerous product.
My point is personal responsibility needs to extend to everyone in the stream of commerce. Otherwise, none of us would be buying sport cars because we do not want to risk our lives to enjoy the car.
Put another way, producing reasonably safe sport cars increases sales. 
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Any car swerving suddenly to avoid an object at 160/170 mph would probably spin and wipeout. You can't avoid the nature of physics. It's just like before, how when I visited the Audi boards, some people questioned why they spun out in the rain even with Quattro pushing 100 mph on the highway IN THE RAIN. Doh, even with all the driver aids in the world, you can't beat physics.
