That's a poor example, the Princess was making out in the back seat with her fiancee and NEITHER one were wearing a seat belt, and THAT is why they died. LIkewise Jean Paul the drunken driver perished, not wearing his seat belt.

The most exposed driver, her bodyguard, sitting in the right front "death seat" DID survive.

He was the only one wearing his seat belt.


That rented Mercedes Benz S280, owned by the L' Etoile limousine service, in Paris, even with a salvage title on it, performed well.

But its passengers that did not buckle up, didn't do their jobs, and for their omission, paid the ultimate price.

Can't blame the W140 Mercedes Benz S280 for that one.

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