From the linked article aboveA group of people are looking to sue a bike maker after a fatal fire.
Couple of points
I dont think they've got much chance, as theres probably no way of telling if the owner of the bike adapted it in a way outwith manufacturers instructions, which then led to the fire.
And it kind of smacks of they are using this tragedy to line their own pockets
The company is well known on this forum as NCM brand bikes and Das Kit.They are suing Leon Cycle Ltd for negligence and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
It's not because people are idiots.People of the Chicken Licken tendency might like to remember how flammable a commodity petrol is. We happily coexisted with petrol powered vehicles for a hundred years. Petrol, weight for weight has about fifteen times the energy of gunpowder (*Note) and it is about as easy to set on fire. We all learned not to keep it in the house and to be careful how we handled it. What is wrong with modern people? Too many of them have been brought up as infantalised idiots who can not apparently be expected to take responsibility for what they do. They crave more and more of Strict Nanny's rules and regulations to protect them from their own stupidity.
Handle petrol badly and you know what will happen. Handle batteries badly and the same thing applies. The world now seems to be full of fking idiots as far as I can see.
Note*
Gunpowder 3 MJ per kg. Petrol 43.8 MJ per kg.
The fire service said that the fire was caused by using the wrong charger. That's nothing to do with Leon Cycles. It's not good for you to cheer this on nor criticise Leon Cycles because the same could happen to any of your bikes. How would you like it if someone sued you, claiming that you were negligent in not fail-safeing your bikes against such a mistake? They will argue that it's like selling a gun without a safety catch, and accidents would be inevitable. Suppose Trading Standards visit you and tell you to recall all the bikes you've sold with a standard charger jack socket, and ask you to compensate the owners. Turkeys voting for Christmas comes to mind.From the linked article above
The company is well known on this forum as NCM brand bikes and Das Kit.
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I am not criticising Leon Cycle on account of the fire, that's the job for the plaintiffs' lawyers.The fire service said that the fire was caused by using the wrong charger. That's nothing to do with Leon Cycles. It's not good for you to cheer this on nor criticise Leon Cycles because the same could happen to any of your bikes. How would you like it if someone sued you, claiming that you were negligent in not fail-safeing your bikes against such a mistake? They will argue that it's like selling a gun without a safety catch, and accidents would be inevitable. Suppose Trading Standards visit you and tell you to recall all the bikes you've sold with a standard charger jack socket, and ask you to compensate the owners. Turkeys voting for Christmas comes to mind.
Really ?TheGuardian said:"The 12 survivors involved in the legal action are among 20 men of Bangladeshi heritage who were living in the two-bedroomed flat at the time. They paid £100 cash a week to sleep in bug-infested bunk beds.
They are suing Leon Cycle Ltd for negligence and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987."
Shouldn't BMS protect battery?the coroner found that the battery had probably been plugged into a charger with a different voltage rating
I guess lesson is: learn to drive a car and always have insurance?I was in a car a few years ago as a passenger and there was a tiny touch in which the young person driving the car I was in had the most minor of collisions with the car in front at a roundabout. It was nothing. No marks no trauma at all. The other driver was a south Asian woman. A couple of weeks later the driver of the car I was in was handed claims for an absolute fortune in damages. The car which was unmarked had invoices for thousands of pounds of repairs and the other driver which was touched by the Aygo that I was in apparently had twelve thousand pounds of personal injury damage backed up by some shonky tame doctor who had examined her. This is a joke.
Or maybe that insurance companies should stop paying out on obviously fraudulent claims and should fight them and inform the police about fraud.I guess lesson is: learn to drive a car and always have insurance?
I am not an expert, but if it is obviously fraudulent then it can be challenged by insurance company or a driver.Or maybe that insurance companies should stop paying out on obviously fraudulent claims
Wow, put away the jackboots mate, that type of comment is a bit strong.Them and these slum dwelling, chancer scum need to be driven into the sea.
How were they allowed to enter this country?
Do any of them have a legal right to be here?
Yawn.....Wow, put away the jackboots mate, that type of comment is a bit strong.
does it mean that it has two motors?The e-bike from which the battery came, which was owned by another occupant of the flat, had been heavily modified, notably including a retrofitted additional battery cage and motor.