[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Who, as a passenger riding in a car, doesn't download the manual and read it while the car is burning?

Perhaps the owner should have read the manual so he could inform the passenger(s) about how to exit the vehicle in an emergency?

Nah! That would require some personal responsibility and we all know that idea is passé.

Let's just sue the deepest pockets, instead.

[Fresh Wind]

Perhaps the owner should have read the manual so he could inform the passenger(s) about how to exit the vehicle in an emergency?

Every time you take a commercial airline flight, before takeoff, a crew member is required by law to lecture the passengers about various safety features that protect them in case of a malfunction or crash.

What you want is to have the driver do the same thing every time she has passengers in her vehicle. What are the chances of that actually happening?

Let's just sue the deepest pockets, instead.

Suing the manufacturer has the added effect of protecting ALL users of a particular vehicle instead of just the one who is already dead.

Companies will always to seek to have suits settled out of court and impose gag orders on litigants. Tesla makes it a policy to do that, as do many other companies.