Should Porsche Be Held Accountable For The Death Of Paul Walker?
Paul Walker died in a car accident on 30 November 2013. He was the passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT that was being driven at an “unsafe speed for the roadway conditions“ by his racing driver friend Roger Rodas. When Rodas lost control of the car which smashed into a lamp post and a tree, they were travelling at between 80mph and 93mph on Michelin tyres that were thought to be nine years old.
Since Walker and Rodas’ death, tears have been shed and emotional tributes have been paid. But as with some high profile cases in the past, law suits have also been made. And that’s happened no fewer than three times against Porsche at the hands of Rodas’ widow, Walker’s daughter and now, Walker’s father.
Being brutally honest, I’m sick of hearing about yet more legal action that’s being taken against Porsche because the car “didn’t have safety features which might have prevented his death.” If this is grounds to be suing Porsche, then why not go after Michelin, the lamp post and the tree that destroyed the car and took the mens’ lives? Hell, if I ever crash and lose a limb does that mean that I can call up Mazda and tell them that I’ll be suing them because my 20-year-old MX-5 didn’t have proper crumple zones? I don’t think so…
In my eyes, this new lawsuit does nothing but cast a dirty cloud over the tragedy. Poorly maintained cars get fragile, tyres perish, and people drive like idiots every single day. Bearing in mind that all of these factors were present on that fateful day, I don’t think that Porsche should be held accountable for their deaths.
What’s your view on this?
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How can Porsche Prevent idiots in a car they made, but didn’t drive them selfs? i dont get the mind behind the law suits, i get its sad and all that, but to be fair the driver was driving like an idiot, and it doesn’t matter if he is a racecar driver or not, there are road rules for a reason. So i totally agree on that Porsche can’t be accountable for the death of any of the people in that car.
Yes although absolutely terrible, the Carrera GT was designed as a “race car for the road” and various features that a high performance car has include making the driver and the car as close as a single entity as possible. Yes it’s terrible but that doesn’t mean the driver is not accountable for the 9 year old Michelin tires which, to me, isn’t exactly the brand name I first think of when it comes to great performance tires
Michelin has some of the best if not the best performance tires out there. The only one to blame on the accident is Mr Rodas and Mr Walker 0for driving at 90 mph in a city, and the state of the car was horrible. Barely any changes in 9 years
They were speeding. Period.
Also I died when you said to sue the tree and lamppost.
No pun intended (too soon?)
From every report that I’ve seen, they were going at very high speeds. With any turn there is always going to be a chance that you will lose control, we all know the risk of driving the way that car enthusiasts drive. I don’t believe Walker would ever want Porsche to be held responsible for abusing that power at the wrong time.
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IDK what’s worse, this or the clock boy suing for $15 million.
Honestly it’s like someone who ditched shool his whole life and demanding to become a billionare because he could have studied when he was in school!
it’s the owners fault. from what I remember hearing, the tires were no good from sitting around
You see how money makes people idiots. If someone who’s not famous crashes, nobody but the families are sad and they don’t even think about suing the manufacturer. He lost his son, that’s tragic, but this is just chasing after money. It doesn’t make Paul alive again suing someone who’s not guilty.
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