Stupid People in the
News
Here are some
interesting news stories for your reading pleasure. Either that, or they're for
making you roll your eyes so far that you can see your brain.
"Nothing is EVER my fault!"
Here's a story
where DaimlerChrysler is blamed for a defective rear minivan door latch... even
though her son wouldn't have been thrown from the vehicle if he was wearing his
seatbelt! It would also have helped if the mother didn't run a red light,
either.
DaimlerChrysler appeals $262 million award
Here's another
story where a 7-year old girl died because a parent couldn't be bothered to stop
at a red light, or even read/heed the warnings in an owner's manual. Instead,
the lawyer suggests plastering warning stickers all over the inside of
vehicles.
Dead girl's dad fights air bags
Hahahahahaha!
The dead 7-year old girl's careless Dad lost in court! Heeheeheeheehee!
Air bag suits unlikely to stop
Noooo, deaths
aren't to be blamed on careless driving on icy roads! It's always the auto
manufacturer's fault—because you can't sue ice!
Bus crash victims file suit against DaimlerChrysler
"Wahh! Even
though I didn't properly restrain my child, I ran into a truck, and my child is
now quadriplegic, it's not my fault! I have to sue!"
Jury
awards family $22 million in lawsuit over injuries
Being paid
millions of dollars for witnessing your mother's death? If all people got that
much money when they saw their mother die, aging parents wouldn't be scuttled
into care homes with no visits.
Jury
awards $20 million to family of motorist killed when tire hit van
Here's a story
about some lawyers tampering with the truth in order to win a lawsuit. Shame!
DaimlerChrysler fights baseless suits
While some
people sue because they're been injured by an air bag, others try to sue when
they didn't have an air bag!
Ruling eases air bag liability
An article
about a moron who ran a stop sign and killed a child, and what you can do to
help prevent it from happening again:
Child's death starkly shows dangers of using car cell phone
"No, it's
not the laws of physics or a high center of gravity that would cause a tall
vehicle to roll over—no, no, no—it's actually a manufacturing defect
that causes these types of things to happen!"
Court
upholds lawsuit claiming Toyota designed defective SUV
SUVs and
Other Fuel Wasting Machines
Poking fun at
the Ford Excursion:
Car
Talk Takes an Excursion. Ford Excursion, That Is!
When it comes
to fuel economy, sometimes breaking records is a bad thing:
Fuel economy drops to 20-year low
Oh my god! A
vehicle that appeals to people who are the least capable of driving one in a
civilized manner:
Tonka boasts toy-like quality
Here's a story
about some of the few people that think practical—and not spend, spend, spend:
Maligned family-mobile defies prediction of demise
I just love
it when my tax dollars go to give my neighbor a 50% first year write-off on his
super-size SUV that he uses for... "business" (wink, wink!)
SUV, truck owners get a big tax break
General
Stupidity
"Extra!
Extra! Nike logos to increase seat belt use! Read all about it!"
Drive to buckle up tests imaginations
This isn't
really related to driving, but it does show how stupid some people are:
Infants should not sleep with parents: new study
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