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While I seldom take the side of mega-corps, in this case I will. The death of the little girl is extremely tragic, and I want to make it clear that I make ZERO light of the situation and its horrible outcome. I cannot imagine the pain and heartache of losing one's child. Despite that, there are several pieces of information that are simply missing from the story. For instance, what was the DRIVER of the Jeep doing at the time of the collision? Perhaps on a CELL PHONE, as so many distracted drivers are these days? Also, the deceased was in a LEXUS, a high-quality luxury brand automobile built to high standards for safety. She was four years old, and per the laws, should have been buckled into a car seat designed to insulate the child from the shock of collision, up to a fairly high level. A rear-end collision that could kill a child properly bucked into a car seat would be most catastrophic indeed, and would likely have killed the driver of the impacting vehicle (Jeep), as well. So, was that poor child properly secured? If the story said so, I missed it.

Technology is a wonderful thing in many instances, and obviously in the realm of safety, can help ensure that someone walks away when things do go wrong. However, it's bad enough to attempt to legislate away personal responsibility, but worse than that is to use LAWFARE to negate the need for personal responsibility. The person behind the wheel of each and every motor vehicle SHOULD be responsible for THEIR conduct while driving.

If I were Fiat Chrysler, I would make sure my most heartless "shark" lawyer was on the team for this one, so that these questions would be asked in open court, despite the likelihood of the prosecution to shame Fiat Chrysler into just accepting all fault.