[ShitOnWheels]

Originally Posted by SmokingSS

personally i Â*think it could possibly be chryslers fault along with the other driver, Â*but i just also wanted to say something. Â*everyone seems to think 70 is "excessive" ok well it is, for around here, but remember in the south the higway speed limits are 70mph, where as here they are 55 and 65. also the article did not say if the minivan was stopped or moving, it could have been going 35 or 40 say just getting onto a highway and the van didnt yeild and the other driver, could have been doing the speed limit and couldnt avoid or didnt see the van. Â*I dont remember readin if the other driver was charged with anyhting or even fined, maybe he was determined to not have been at fault and just a tragic accident, thats why they went after daimler-chrysler. Â*I think in any regards, youd need to knwo the whole story, not what the press decides to print. Â*In closing, ( i feel like i'm back in school) car makers should build their cars to withstand crashes liek this, Â*one solution would be to make a non folding middle seat and only the rear folding. or even seperate sturdy latches to lock the seat for kids, latches much stronger than whats in place now, thats even somethign that could be recalled and repaired. Â*its a tough call though

It wasn't the rear or middle seat that folded, it was the front passenger seat that folded backwards which crushed the kids skull behind the front seat.