Paul Walker's father sues Porsche over crash

[still_one]

Paul Walker's father sued Porsche for negligence and wrongful death Wednesday over the 2013 accident that killed the "Fast & Furious" star.

Walker's father, who is the executor of his son's estate, filed the lawsuit claiming that the Porsche Carrera GT that his son was riding in lacked safety features that could have saved the actor's life.

The lawsuit cites features included in other pending lawsuits against the automaker over the crash that might have saved the actor's life, including a stability control system, side-door reinforcements and a breakaway fuel line to help prevent the car from bursting into flames after a collision.


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-walker-father-sues-porsche-over-crash/

[FLPanhandle]

1. He should sue himself instead

For not passing along enough intelligence genes to his son.

[Duckhunter935]

2. Yep

[still_one]

3. It is a ridiculous lawsuit for so many reasons

[yeoman6987]

9. I think Paul was awesome. His charity work exceeds most empty headed Hollywood types

I hope his father owns the company after this. He was the passenger not the driver.

[joshcryer]

12. +1

So many deaths because of unthinking drivers.

[still_one]

13. It wasn't VWs fault. Driving in excess of 95 mph and crashing into a tree isn't id

The drivers fault, not the manufacture in this case

A case of bad judgement all around

[joshcryer]

11. He was the passenger.

[exboyfil]

4. Lets try not to drive like a maniac on a public street

Sorry for the accident but his son and his friend put others in jeopardy with their driving.

Porsche's hands are not clean, and in a perfect world, any judgement would go to the true victims of street racing like the family of my friend who died when he was going to gas up his car and was killed by a street racer. Fortunately my friend's son survived.

[still_one]

14. Porche has no fault in this

[exboyfil]

18. Porsche builds high horsepower street legal vehicles

You can argue that they did not have any control of how others use their product, but that is the same argument applied to guns.

Not saying they are very culpable, but the vehicle does have some stability issues apparently. The primary cause for the accident is obviously the reckless driving which I would not have a problem with if it was a closed course, but I have a big problem with on public streets.

http://a2.files.airows.com/image/upload/c_fit,cs_srgb,dpr_1.0,q_80,w_620/MTI4OTk5OTgyMTQ4ODY0MDEw.jpg

[still_one]

19. Well there goes the Corvette, TransAM, Alpha Romeo, etc., not to mention the "street legal"

motorcycles, or for that matter including non-high performance vehicles going at a speed in excess of the prevailing law for city streets. I know you don't disagree with that

Also, the lawsuit argues that the Porsche Carrera GT that his son was riding in lacked safety features that could have saved the actor's life.

The lawsuit cites features included in other pending lawsuits against the automaker over the crash that might have saved the actor's life, including a stability control system, side-door reinforcements and a breakaway fuel line to help prevent the car from bursting into flames after a collision.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. not Porsche's fault if some idiot runs off the road at 140mph.

Yes, it's a very high-performance vehicle, but it's not designed to be driven at speed on public roads (and high-speed driving is inherently dangerous; someone dies almost every year at Le Mans, for instance.)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. The top speed alleged by Porsche is 94mph.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Even at 94mph, depending on the road, not Porsche's fault.

a 911 is a bit tail-heavy, thanks to the rear engine; at speed, going through a tight bend, it's pretty easy to lose it and swap ends if you don't know what you're doing or if you're a bit late with the braking and downshift. Whatever happened pretty clearly exceeded the limits of the vehicle and/or the driver.

[Lizzie Poppet]

10. True about 911s...but the Carerra GT is mid-engined.

The GT was Porsche's previous-generation entry into supercar/hypercar territory (it's since been replaced by the 918 hybrid). It's a mid-engine layout with a V-10.

[still_one]

15. Doesn't matter, driving in excess of 95mph on a city street is not VWs fault

Wonder what would have happened if he was driving the speed limit?

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Well, sure.

This is as absurd a lawsuit as I've ever heard of.

[hifiguy]

21. Modern Porsches are much less tail-happy than they were 20-30 years ago.

When I was in grad school I co-drove my friend's early-1980s 911 on a trip from Boston to Toronto.

The first thing my friend asked me before deciding he'd let me drive the car - though I'd driven a couple of 911s before - was "what's the first rule of driving a Porsche?" I answered "brake only before going into a corner at speed and never, EVER touch the brakes again until you are past the apex of a curve, unless you want to rapidly leave the road tail first." He laughed and tossed me the keys.

[AngryOldDem]

8. Saved his life while going 140 mph?

Really?

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. The important safety feature missing was a sane operator. n/t

[still_one]

20. Isn't that the truth

[hifiguy]

22. Yep the only failure was of the nut behind the wheel.