Boy knocked down by "electric car" awarded 55K

seamus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Because liability wasn’t contested

That doesn't mean it wasn't mechanical failure.

If your handbrake fails and your car rolls away and crashes, your insurance will foot the bill. You are liable for the damage caused by your vehicle, even if there's nobody driving at the time. There is no "**** happens" buffer for vehicular accidents in Irish law.

beauf wrote: »

I though it said hybrid, why do we assume its EV?

Because all of the stories given earlier in the thread quote it as being an EV.

They've decided to run with this narrative that EVs must be dangerous because here's an example of that "took off" and "raced" away on its own, and silently stalked and downed a little boy.

Driver failed to apply the handbrake, or handbrake failed. Car rolled away, hit child.

Not really an exceptional story here.

zilog_jones

seamus wrote: »

Because all of the stories given earlier in the thread quote it as being an EV.

That and I'm not aware of any Renault hybrids in Ireland. The Indo are not exactly the pinnacle of journalistic quality...

Driver failed to apply the handbrake, or handbrake failed. Car rolled away, hit child.

The fact the driver allegedly got out of the passenger door suggests something weird was going on. I'm not aware of any EV out there that doesn't have the equivalent of a transmission lock (selecting "P" on the shifter, or button), that usually engages automatically when you turn off the car (or you're forced to put it in "P" before you can turn it off). Even if the parking brake wasn't applied, this should still hold it. Of course the transmission lock could fail too, but I suspect the driver didn't actually turn off the car and left it in neutral, or some sort of other operational error.

beauf

A lot of Renault ICE have a automatic handbrake also. I assume some still have a regular handbrake. Maybe it was nothing to with a handbrake at all.

unkel

Joseph SEE wrote: »

A lot of these judges that we have in Ireland are not smart people. They have no understanding of science, zero comprehension of statistics and no knowledge of psychology or medicine. All of the things you'd think would be necessary to be a good judge are therefore completely absent.

And some of the judges we have in Ireland let dangerous drivers off the hook as it's their last day in work in Donegal and they are celebrating. Same dangerous driver keeps his driving license, re-offends and becomes the deadliest mass murderer this country has ever seen. Which judge is that I'm referring to?

Joseph SEE

unkel wrote: »

And some of the judges we have in Ireland let dangerous drivers off the hook as it's their last day in work in Donegal and they are celebrating. Same dangerous driver keeps his driving license, re-offends and becomes the deadliest mass murderer this country has ever seen. Which judge is that I'm referring to?

Could be one of a hundred. We only have about 160 judges. Imagine the damage they would do if we had more.

We need the Government to step in. But legislation won't cut it. The judges will ignore any legislation-based solution.

The solution needs to be constitutionally enshrined. The Government need to bring in a referendum and they need a proper impartial report published to cut public support.

The report needs to state exactly how much claims culture is costing us, how many people have had to close shop because of it, how much are p people's insurance being raised. Etc.

We also need to see how many people have been killed by murders given lenient sentences etc.

An outside regulatory body that has a final, unchallengeable say needs to be established. This body needs be filled with proper experts such as engineers, medical clinicians, psychiatrists, actuaries and scientists. Judges should be the vast minority on this body.

There also needs to be proper sanctions for people bringing scams to court, solicitors bringing scam clients need to lose their ability to practice and contempt of court needs to be enforced. Expert witnesses who lie through their teeth also need to be jailed in future.

The Troika mentioned the legal sector was out of control and could detail our economy a long time ago. Nothing has been done.

I can tell you one thing though with near certainty, if any reform doesn't use a referendum as it's main instrument then anything else will be a complete waste of time. Small and medium businesses may as well close down now if there isn't a referendum.

beanian

I recognised your one named in the article straight away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uFRSfmcCRs

Weird when your 2 most visited forums cross over (EVs & Aviation )