I agree with you about psychology, which i think is the main culprit.
But the fault of the legal profession (or the judicial system) is not limited to the egregious awards that are sometimes handed out. It’s the very premise that even if a person was at fault, they can still sue someone else who is also at fault, even if the main fault was the victim’s.
OK, Jodi: FIRESTONE tires (apparently) accounted for some 105 accidents. Assuming that 6.5 million tires (assumed to be defective) were involved, that means the failure rate was 16. 1 PPM. "Six Sigma quality level (what automakers strive for) is 3.4 PPM. If we investigate further, we might find that excessive speed, underinflation, owner abuse (e.g. driving over curbs, improper repair, etc.), and excessive age (most tires are warranted for treadlives of less than 50,000 miles), could account for 90% of the reported failures. This would mean that the defect rates for these tires is actually quite good!
Now we read that CONTINENTAL (german) is recallinf a much smaller number of tires (around 300,000), based on accidents involving 12-16 incidents. Thsi would mean a DPPM of 53.3. This indicates to me that:
(I hope I did the quote thing right)
Yes Carter took responsibility because he was Commander in Chief. It was the right thing to do. Do you think Carter planned the mission? Or do you think the Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with a plan and presented it to him as the ‘military option’. Now I do think it was a bit strange that the rescue was attempted in October… But the hostage crisis was THE ISSUE in that election. It didn’t have to be discussed by the candidates but don’t you remember. EVERY NIGHT Day 222… Day 223… Day 224 etc. etc. Every night Carter got pounded by Ted Koppel (isn’t he part of the ‘liberal media’). Every night we were reminded about how they were still being held. Also Carter didn’t go out and campain very much as he stayed in the oval office dealing with the crisis. I firmly believe that if the rescue was successful the outcome of the election would have been different. BTW After Regan was in office several hostages were taken in the Middle East. Did Ted hammer away nightly on how long those Americans were being held?
However this is an example of the Commander in Chief taking responsibility and the bombing of the Marine barracks was an example of the Commander in Chief passing the buck. The destinction between these two examples is my point. No I don’t think that personal responsibility went out with the Regan Adminstration and that personal responsibility (herein refered to as P R) was totally in vogue before election day 1980. The fact is Carter could have passed the buck to the military. Can you name anythig Regan took P R for? He always blamed somebody else for anything that went wrong.
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Yes, let’s use logic, it’s a useful tool, as long as you have your facts straight.
105 deaths have been attributed to Firestone tires in this case. According to NHTSA, there have been 2226 reported incidents of Firestone tires failing. This computes to a whopping 342.4 PPM failure rate. That’s 100 times the Six Sigma quality level. Keeping in mind that reporting is far from perfect, I think this is a very generous estimate.
Draw your own conclusions.
gEEk
What a way to try and highjack someone’s thread for your own conspiracy theories…address the OP or start another thread.
Needs2know
Anyone remember the phantom acceleration problem with Audis?
A claim is not proof. Here is an example: I have had 30 accidents. It was because my radio was beaming signals from the illuminati that I should drive into a tree. Therefore, the radio manufacturer is responsible.
let’s keep cool heads and rely on scientific method, not anecdotal evidence. Firestone may be at fault. But so may be the drivers.