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Can i borrow it on the weekends?
I just don't see what the big deal is about these run away cars, all Toyota has to do in install a 30A breaker on the dash and paint it safety orange. ($75 from Digikey).
Hey AC People!I know that I've been kind've a pain and a bit of a P word (rymes with Rick) on this thread but out of fairness, I need to add the following. The guy in California with the recent, highly publicised, Prius accident appears to be "less than truthful" in his account of the events. The recent Prius crash looks like a hoax to me, and more importantly to the authorities, and the guy behind it looks shady. It's ironic that he stopped his car by rear-ending a cop car and someday soon the cops will take him to jail where he will be rear-ended by his cellmates.
Sort of like an ignition switch? I don't understand why none of these people were smart enough to put the vehicle in neutral. Turning off the ignition switch has the disadvantage of also killing the power steering and I suppose there are some people out there who are too weak to turn the steering wheel without it. Putting it in neutral doesn't have that problem - at least until the engine breaks if there's no rev limiter.
That jerkoff (yes, the one who was under-water for $700k) appears to be just trying to cash in - like the Wendy's chili lady, the old lady with McD's hot coffee spilled on her va-jayjay,
Not to lead the conversation in a different direction or stir up a hornet's nest, but the Mickey D's coffee suit wasn't as frivilous as is commonly believed. Here's some stuff I've read about it - Coffee was served 40 degrees hotter than anyone else serves it. That temp is known to cause 3rd degree burns within seconds of contact, and McD's had 1000's of documented complaints. They knew full well of the risks associated with serving coffee that hot. The woman initially sued for 80% of her medical bills (about $500k?), as she felt she was 20% responsible. She had 3rd degree burns (causing nerve damage) to 15% of her body and 2nd degree burns to another 15%, making that a total of 30% of her body. She needed 6 or 8 surgeries and 6 months of physical therapy.McD's offered to settle for $500. She sued for her initial amount (she didn't have medical insurance), and the jury awarded her the $2 million or so. She didn't ask for that. A judged later reduced it to the initial amount she sued for. How'd the jury get the figure they awarded her? 2 days worth of McD's coffee sales nationwide.McD's PR people were the real geniuses in this case. They manipulated the media and made themselves out to be the victims.Sorry for that. The info came from my Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.For the record - I'm not defending either side of the suit.
While my sympathies always go with the Plaintiff over the corporation in such matters, I still have to question this one.
While my sympathies always go with the Plaintiff over the corporation in such matters, I still have to question this one. Vendors do advertise HOT COFFEE, not warm. Granted, these ad signs don't list a temperature, but wouldn't you expect it to be hot enough to burn your skin? Unless they give you a cup of steam, the coffee can't be any hotter than 212 degrees. The question of whether it was 185 degrees or 200 is moot to me. Both will burn you. The real issue is, "Don't spill it on yourself". That, more than the temperature of the drink is the key to your burns, and the company that sold it to you had nothing to do with that unless the cup they provided was somehow faulty.
I never thought I'd see the day but I agree with you (although your sympathy doesn't seem to go with the Plaintiffs if they are injured by Toyota products but that's a different story) but in this case I do. I avoided this topic because I didn't want to make it another pi$$ing match but where is the person's responsibility? On one hand people are saying it's not Toyota's fault if a car accelerates out of control. because people should know to put their car in neutral. The McD's argument is differeent. Stu is saying it's McD's fault because some old bag spills coffee on her "Private area", even though McD's clearly labels every coffee with a "HOT COFFEE" warning. I guess that's not enough. I guess if the same lady were to cut herself with a sharp knife at a steakhouse, she should sue the restaurant and knife manufacturer because the knife was too sharp! Newsflash: coffee can be hot enough to burn you. Keep it off your junk. Unless the cup or the lid was faulty (from what I know both worked as designed) the old lady was at fault. Period. At what point do people have to be responsible for their own actions? I understand if a product is faulty and an injury occurs as a result but that's not what were talking about with the McD's example. They served coffee hot enough to burn someone and some money grubbing geriatric lady tried to cash in after spilling some on herself. Too bad but maybe she should have been more careful. IMO, this lady should have been sent packing for filing a frivolous suit and the judge should have told her to get the heck out of the courtroom and take her red snapper with her! Case closed. J
