Bad Driving Or Faulty Car?

[cassa333]

This rather interested me because surely if she is maintaining the car was at fault because the battery was not charged enough it would A. be easy for an expert whiteness to find out and B. Surely her car should have been road worthy and it obviously wasn't.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38846896

[Zacs-Master]

Surely an expert whiteness would be racist?

[Canary42]

In your "roadworthy" case, she could hardly be held responsible provided she ensured regular maintenance was carried out, and the fault had not occurred before.

It is an interesting case - the "wrong pedal" is an alluring option.

[EDDIE51]

If her story is true it is a very dangerous situation , undercharged battery caused the car to accelerate out of control!! I am sure Nissan would have taken it extremely seriously and recalled the cars.
An 82 year old driver hitting the accelerator instead of the brake is much more likely.

[Baldric]

During her 'Lengthy driving career' she has obviously picked up a wealth of Mechanical Knowledge.
Sadly the difference between the 'Go' and 'Stop' Pedals does not seem to be part of it.

[ToraToraTora]

I don't see how a less than fully charged battery can effect breaking, silly moo is deluding herself.

[Peter Pedant]

bad drivving or undercharged battery ?

stravinsky was asked by a New York matron: "Oh Mr Stravinsky - your music is very modern !" - with a knowing smile
He replied: no madam it is just badly played

[ivor4781]

absolutely nothing to do with the battery, the generator supplies the power to the car once the engines running,its a load of tosh.

[andy-hughes]

This accident mirrors exactly a crash suffered by my youngest daughter who was hit by a car driven by an elderly lady who mistook her pedals.

As my daughter drove past a Co-Op car park, the lady mistook her accelerator for her brake and shot down the inclining car park into the road, hitting and writing off a passing van before bouncing off and hitting my daughter's car, causing repairable damage, and non-repairable distress and worry.

Fortunately, the incident was witnessed by an off-duty police officer, so the driver was successfully prosecuted and her licence was revoked.

It does highlight the need for older drivers to be re-tested regularly, far too many of them are driving past an age where they are a danger to themselves, and others.

[youngmafbog]

Couldnt agree more AH. A licence is a privilege not a right.

[Canary42]

As usual the anti-old-driver brigade mount their ubiquitous high horses.

Statistically for every "old" driver who hits the accelerator pedal accidentally and causes an RTI there are dozens of under-25 drivers who hit the accelerator pedal deliberately and cause RTIs - but not a word is heard about regularly re-testing under-25s.

[andy-hughes]

Canary42 - //As usual the anti-old-driver brigade mount their ubiquitous high horses.

Statistically for every "old" driver who hits the accelerator pedal accidentally and causes an RTI there are dozens of under-25 drivers who hit the accelerator pedal deliberately and cause RTIs - but not a word is heard about regularly re-testing under-25s. //

Just because one section of society causes accidents is no reason to 'excuse' another section of society for causing accidents.

I am not 'anti old driver' at all - I am anti 'unsafe' drivers whatever age they are.

While we are on the subject, I would move the age of driving from 17 to 25 tomorrow if I had my way - I hope that balances your perception of my view about 'old drivers'.

Oh, and by the way, at sixty-two, plenty of people would consider me an 'old driver' but when the time comes when I am not fit through age or infirmity, I will be sure to have the common consideration for the rest of society to stop driving, not carry on dangerously simply because I have been doing it since I was seventeen.