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Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter.

Posted by fdtutf on Tue Jan 10 13:02:30 2017, in response to Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter., posted by BrooklynBus on Tue Jan 10 12:01:12 2017.

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According to your logic, someone choosing to fly should absorb all the risk and liability of flying with the airlines being allowed to operate unsafe planes that are improperly inspected.

That's an extraordinarly inapt comparison, and I'm being kind.

Someone who chooses to drive also owns the vehicle he or she drives and takes responsibility for its condition, etc. There's no valid comparison with an airline passenger, who buys a ticket on a vehicle owned, operated, maintained, and inspected by the airline.

Also anyone driving a car or being a passenger in one should absorb all the risk and liability. What about the auto manufacturer? What about government? Remember the guard rails that caused cars to be sheared in half because some municipalities wanted to save a few bucks by installing guard rails that weren't properly designed to behave as they should?

That's typical misdirection from you. Of course the auto manufacturer shares some of the risk (that portion attributable to the design and manufacture of the vehicle), and so does the government (that portion attributable to the design and maintenance of the roadway).

The point is that none of this devolves onto the pedestrian, who is completely outside the matter.

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