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?
Comments
It depends, if the owner did not bring their car in for a recall that fixed their issue then it is obviously their fault. However if Porsche knew about it and did nothing to fix it, then yes they should be held accountable…(in general) not just in this case…..
NO, neither Porsche or Paul should be held responsible, Paul wasn’t driving, the driver of the car should be held responsible, when you get in a accident do you blame the passenger or the car maker? No, you blame the person that was driving!!
IMO Nobody should be held accountable, the driver was human, human makes mistakes, we are not perfect beings, Porsche didnt want this to happen, Paul didnt want this to happen, nobody wanted this to happen but accidents just happen and some accidents are just bigger than others, just like this one.
Suing Porsche is not gonna bring Paul Walker back and its just gonna bring extra conflict between Porsche and his family, we dont need more fights in the world.
Just let whats in the past stay in the past, sure, wwe will remember him, but dont hate on anyone because of him.
Porsche shouldn’t be blamed because it’s up to the owner maintain the car
I think porsche should not be sued however we have to bear in mind that the Carrera GT was at the time and still is and extremely fast car and so it should have been probably fitted with better safety gear but who can blame someone who drives fast and crashes into a lamp post all this is not worth exaggerating
Okay should porche be held accountable? Yes for walkers death only! why from everything that was found at the scene it was almost universally accepted that Paul was alive on impact and failure in seat belt design stopped him from getting out the car. that is a pretty reasonable thing for the family to sue over. hell most families would if they found out the cause of death was not being able to escape the car… for other factors i’m on the fences about but the seatbelt is a serious issue.
I think porsche already did think about safety,especially with the Carrera GT with 600+bhp.Cars is just an object how we drive it however become our responsibility and also how we maintain the cars like changing tyres when it already out dated and the rubber become hard,no longer grip the road well.We have driving license it mean we mature enough to drive and can think ourselves and others road users.
it was his fault
Driver’s responsibility.
Driver’s fault.
In the words of the wolf…
As much as I loved Paul and his work, I dont think Porsche should be held accountable, it was a faulty car, it happens, the only reason that this whole lawsuit and such happened is because Paul and (I think his name was Roger) were famous. If this was just some random rich joe, all of this would have never even made international news. It would have been swept under the rug. Yes of course Porsche has to be held accountable for the fault of the vehicle, because it is the mistake of the company. but like I said they dont deserve all of these lawsuits and such, because Porsche is a company weve all known and loved for a long time, and only when its the death of 2 celebrities in 1 vehicle it will be punished so severly.. that is my take on it..