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Originally Posted by shorod
Or in the case of the drivers, possibly underthink
things. I don't disagree these deaths are tragic, but
why is the manufacturer always blamed? At what point
should owners be expected to take responsibility for their
actions? To me this is kind of like suing gun owners when
their product is used in a crime, or suing a bar if a patron
gets in an accident while intoxicated after leaving their
establishment. Seems more like people going after an
alternate source of income rather than taking responsibility.
I guess engineers should stop innovating, someone might
get hurt. Stop making cars and go back to walking barefoot
everywhere. Less chance of deadly accidents.
[Stepping down from my soap box]
-Rod
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Or, they could just continue making cars as they have been making them for the last eighty years, with a time-proven floor or column gear shifter, instead of complicating that basic and intuitive task with knobs or buttons one has to take their eyes off the road for even two seconds to do.
If I have to turn a knob to accomplish something, it had better be on the door to my house, or my uncle's surviving 19" B&W Philco.