Uncle Buck wrote:
I find it rather bizarre, and somewhat disturbing, that people are willing to put the publics safety at risk just to make money. This self drive system seems somewhat floored, if and even more so, when an operator goes before the man to defend himself in a court.
Why run the risk of such dealings. I would support a man if there limousines (over 8 people) where COIF'd AND and they were running it to the letter of the law.
I'm sure, one of these days, someone will fall foul and through this self drive loop hole, and land with a considerable bump, thus putting the whole self drive system in to a bad light.
Surely, if you can COIF one, then they should ALL be COIF'd. And if this is far to an expensive option, then why buy such a vehicle in the first place?
A legitimate limousine company would have its investments / assets well covered if such eventualities should accor.
There have been some cases through the courts recently and judgements have gone both ways. The operators that are running the self drive properly have been aquitted and the ones that are not running it correctly have been found guilty. Which in my opinion is only right.
Until recently I believe that only the Ford Excursion that was stretched by only one converter could obtain a COIF. This model is no longer in production.
Towards the end of last year a COIF was obtained on a Hummer but it had to go through a hell of a lot of changes, including raising the roof by about 6". These are currently on sale for around £110,000 plus VAT.
Personally if I were to be thinking of buying one of these vehicles, I would only have one with a COIF.
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