Owners Sue Automaker After Fumes From Cars Left Running In Garages Cause Deaths

Maybe the first clue to shut the engine off would be the noise the car is generating from the engine RUNNING?

Come on people this is a lack of individuals accepting responsibility for their actions. It is the driver's responsibility to make sure the vehicle is parked in a safe manner and that includes turning off the motor.

Most people are cognizant of their actions and possible consequences. Then there are those that are less aware and easily distracted, which can cause situations like this to occur. The bigger picture however, is that in this day and age we are accustomed to a perceived exemption of personal liability. As long as our court systems continue to allow frivoulous suits with huge payouts, you cannot expect that society will ever embrace personal responsibility the way our earlier generation did. My take on this whole situation would be for car manufacturers to install CO2 sensors in the car which can shut the car off if the levels get too high. This in turn would protect everyone.

anyone "easily distracted" enough to leave a car running that they could turn off just by pressing a "STOP" button would be just as likely to be distracted enough to leave a car running with a traditional twist key. And anyone who wins a lawsuit like this is making a mockery of the legal system. It's the car equivalent of the lady who spilled hot McDonalds coffee on herself.

Yup and guess who won that one..

So people need to be responsible....but Toyotas need to have gates on the doors to prevent people from putting incorrect mats in the cars and stepping on the gas when they mean to step on the brake? Talking out of both sides of you mouth again 009?

American Culture?, Now a lot of peoples will start to suite Lexus, MB, Jaguar BMW, Audi, Infiniti, and any successful brand to get some easy money.

Thats not easy money... it leads to death...

The OEM is not at fault here! If you are dumb enough to leave your car running then well, you caused your own death!

I'm sure the OEM's liability ends with telling you in the manual how to start and turn off the engine. Which you by the way have done many times before.

I guess a grey area that the blood sucking trial lawyers will circle is if the dealer didn't explain to you how to start and stop the engine, if this happened the day you got the car or if this was your first keyless starting automobile...

Its just a shame that we even have to discuss this!

Natural selection.

The American Darwin Awards.

I saw an episode of Holmes on Homes the other night. The peoples garage was attached to the house. Not like, oh here is a wall separating. But they had no wall!. It was a straight shot up the stairs from the garage with no door, and the HVAC ducts went from the garage upstairs!

There is no excuse for stupidity.

I'm sorry for the family of these people. It's a terrible accident. Almost all cars are coming with smart key's. If you buy a car with that feature you are responsible to learn how to use it.........

Didn't these people read the manual with all the caution notices regarding the remote fob?

few ever crack the manual....

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein

Sort of like suing the manufacturer of matches if you set your own house on fire. This country is amazing in its profound lack of common sense, and in how we've sanctified the "Not My Fault" mindset to ever-growing heights.

On the other hand, when will this stop? When will some of these people start taking liability and stop blaming the vehicle itself? If you were speeding and you crashed into someone else's car, would you blame the auto maker for making it allow to go too fast? ........Yeah, that's what I thought.

"anyone who wins a lawsuit like this is making a mockery of the legal system"

So, let's get rid of the legal system!!

"It is the driver's responsibility to make sure the vehicle is parked in a safe manner and that includes turning off the motor."

Oh shoot, and you KNOW they didn't??? I would like to call to the stand to give direct testimony....

"As long as our court systems continue to allow frivoulous suits with huge payouts"

As posted above, let's get rid of the courts too! And you have one too many Us, by the way. I'll let you figure out which one! No, you are most welcome!! Spell check is great! OR A GOOD GRASP OF GRAMMAR!

"The OEM is not at fault here! If you are dumb enough to leave your car running then well, you caused your own death"

Work for the OEM, do you, counselor?? Nice opening statement!!

"blood sucking trial lawyers"

And you must be a plumber? Priest? Nun? Angel? A whole profession, huh?

YOU MUST ALL BE COMMUNISTS!!!

Are you suggesting the Lawsuits will claim the vehicle RESTARTED itself ?

I get the impression that you are one of the numerous trolls who frequent this site.

"Thats not easy money... it leads to death"

The ONLY sensible comment on this topic....sad!! And for such SMART people!!! (loosely interpreted)

it is a matter of fact that there has been exponential growth in the frivolous lawsuits arena, the list of lawsuits that would be laughed out of court in other countries yet is given full judicial consideration in the USA is beyond parody, Hell we foreigners even believe some of these awards are a result of serious bribes because the alternative is that there are some seriously stupid judges on the USA bench.

But the fact that most of the comments on this article agree with me gives me hope, maybe we are as a species not doomed.

Hey 195

"one of the numerous trolls"

Name calling? Why not just make your point?? Free speech and all!

You are British and BLACK, aren't you?? Make sense now!!!!!!

"Hell we foreigners even believe some of these awards are a result of serious bribes because the alternative is that there are some seriously stupid judges on the USA bench"

No corruption in YOUR country, huh? Anyway, moron, here in the US you are entitled to YOUR opinion as stupid as it is!!

Now fuck off and go have some tea, you limey bastard!!!!

U.S.A forever!!!! Don't like it, stay the fuck out!!

Last word:

NO attorney or plaintiff has ever awarded punitive o other damages to himself. That is the job of a judge in some cases (bench trial) or mostly a JURY (jury trial), made up of PEOPLE, just like us!! It is a VERY important part of the DEMOCRACY in which we live. Respect it or give it up! Don't be so cynical about a system that is YOURS!! Courts have remedies for plaintiffs and LAWYERS who run afoul of the system...they get fined, dis-barred or sent to jail, or in the case of plaintiffs, they pay the other sides’ attorneys fees for wasting everyone’s time with so called frivolous lawsuits!

We can SPECULATE and JUDGE all we want but remember we are not the tryers of fact. We don't know what happened. The courts are there to sort that out. Have SOME faith in your country and YOUR system. Let foreigners be damned, if they don't want to understand that!!!

I swear I think they use law suites as compensation for stupidity. People so stupid $hit all the time, law suites can't fix stupid. Theres always some stupid law or rule to accommodate the stupid people of the world. Why do you think when you buy a piece of stereo equipment it has that package of drying agent that says do not eat. Anyone here think that when they bought a DVD player it just might have something to eat in there. What is funny is I wonder how many of these dumba$$es have actually seen on the news or in movies were people commit suicide by leaving the car running in the garage? People are becoming more stupid everyday because the world makes special rules and accommodations for their ignorance rather than making them learn

Lawsuites are a way to excuse stupid people instead of holding them responsible for their actions