Oops! No breakaway cable on that then!
Nowt to do with speed or braking, it shouldn't have been able to become separated from the car.
Of all the things for it to hit though!
Maybe!!
Apparently it was an elderly guy in the bigger boat who wasn't paying attention at the helm while on his mobile phone. The guys in the anchored fishing boat took him to court and even though his own son testified against him saying that he had frequently warned him about it before, he was still contesting liability!! I don't know what the outcome was.
A fisherman who jumped ship into bone-chilling water to dodge a speeding motorboat has filed a $372,500 lawsuit, alleging the other driver was distracted by his cellphone just before the dramatic c…