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Originally Posted by particlewave
And Walker excercised bad judgement by getting into a car with a tiny prick douchebag that felt the need to compensate on public roads.
He knew what they were going to be doing when he got in the passenger seat.
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That's a presumption. We don't know if Walker said "hey, I have a daughter to look after now why don't you go easy this time?" anymore than if we know he said "open it up!!". The dead can't tell their side, so does that mean we must assume the worst? I don't agree with that.
We weren't there and don't know Walker's state of mind. What we do know is that Walker was aware that Rodas the driver was a guy with hundreds of hours of track time, in racing conditions, under his belt. Precisely the type of driver you could conceivably trust to drive you around in a powerful sports car. Do we know if Walker was aware that Rodas hadn't replaced the tires? I haven't heard of it. I'm all for blaming the driver for both their deaths because he was responsible for keeping up the car and should have erred on the side of caution in an inherently unstable car with dubious safety designs which according to Porsche's own engineer's when on the stand, were compromised in order to sell more cars, thereby putting not just the buyer in jeopardy, but everyone else in open traffic. But to say Walker advocated for unsafe driving on that day would need some basis in my book and we simply don't have that.