All the insurance in the world doesn't make it any safer!

Have you looked into whether a typical "umbrella" liability policy might help you in this situation?

 

My point isn't that the waiver would or would not ultimately stand up in court. My point is that a person defending themselves against a lawsuit would have to spend money on legal counsel just to get to that point to find out. And that includes even getting to a summary judgement as was referred to in a previous post. It costs money just to defend against a lawsuit even to get to the preliminary judicial review level. And legal fees aren't cheap. So anyone who is thinking that if they are personally sued for an on track incident can just say, "You signed a waiver. Go away" is kidding themselves.

Now, these are worst case scenarios. For most of us, this will never happen.

 

Sorry, my post was not clear. How does a student drive with a non instructor in the right seat?

 

Ahh, in our chapter that could never happen.

 

I agree that insurance doesn't make it safer. A better choice of words would have been "well being."

We have an umbrella policy. I'll have to check with the carrier to see if it would be applicable to a DE.

 

That doesn't happen at the DEs I've attended either.

 

I've been to NASA HPDE events where anyone in group 3 (similar to PCA "black" group) or group 4 (similar to PCA "red" group) were allowed to give ride-alongs to anyone who had signed the waiver (even non-drivers). The only stipulation was that if you went 4-off with a passenger, you were done for the day.

 

Are you sure that wasn't the "Onion" that ruling made way too much sense.

 

Every decade or so something common sense comes out of one of our courts.......

 

That DID make sense.


Someone messed up.

I still wonder about the widow's lawsuit type of thing becoming a real issue to someone. He signs the waver for whatever value it carries but his estate did not.