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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It’d be like a drunk driver suing an alcohol company because they lost their license while over the limit, even though they chose to get behind the wheel while intoxicated.
Blaming someone for something you did suggests you are guilty in the first place and don’t want to take responsibility. The death of Paul was a tragedy, but with those actions, it’s being turned into a comedy, the family should accept that part of the fault goes to the late start himself, for not maintaining his car correctly and to his friend for reckless driving.
What’s up with Alabama?
If the Fast and Furious franchise wouldn’t exist he’d still be alive.
So Porsche is held responsible for the reckless driving of Paul’s friend? Sounds legit…
No definitely not Porsche is not at fault it was his friends decesion to drive the car quickly
The Dumb Ass was driving too fast for that road, I know that road personally and 45 mph is unsafe..so…was was a DUMD ASS……..end of story.
The driver must be aware of how the car (he’s driving in that moment) was maintained - if not, he shouldn’t drive like he knows the car’s “reflexes”. If those tyres were outdated, he should drive according to the car’s specs in that moment. He cannot beat the laws of physics just because he has a well-prepped race car - things got their limits - a car has its own’s. Yes, it’s sad but it’s a driving error.
rip paul, but its not porsche faul that the driver crashed, it is his
Let him reast in a peace. It’s endless dispute about Porsche fault. Only driver is responsible for that what happened. Leave Porsche and Paul alone!