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January 31, 2008
French Court Finds Volvo Guilty of Manslaughter
By John
Editor
Talk about bad PR. After investigating an accident which killed two children in 1999, a French court determined that the brakes of the driver’s Volvo 850 were faulty, and convicted the company of manslaughter. While dead kids don’t look good on any company’s resume, for one that’s stressed safety as much as Volvo has, it seems particularly ugly. Of course, Volvo plans to appeal. More details over at BBC News.
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Anonymous
Jan 31, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I agree with eric. A chipmunk with extra hard teeth getting clipped by the underside can create a perfect error for later…hey this is a good time to mention my 87 sube brake lines are all original as a daily driver and I live in the northeast usa where rhine is pured on the roads like we are all car buying millionares for the expense it creates? (I said that in all one breath like a sube and 2 decades…) Maybe the volvo wasn’t the best equipped, but a failure has preventives and the owner didn’t catch them….
eric
Jan 31, 2008 at 8:23 pm
How the hell can you prove that the car had faulty brakes, people always do retarded crap to cars then say it was the automakers fault. I guess some folks need to blame everyone, not just themselves.