Duduzane Zuma's lawyer Mike Hellens had filed an application on Wednesday to have the case thrown out after state prosecutor Yusuf Baba finished up the state's case
“At the end of the day‚ that human being behind the steering wheel is in control of how he behaves on the road.”
Hellens hit back: “What they haven’t established is at what point in time was Mr Zuma‚ as a reasonable driver‚ expected to foresee that there will be a puddle on a national highway. This is not some country road. On a national highway of such significance that driving around 90 to 100km/h‚ so the experts tell us‚ he would lose control of his vehicle. Where is that in the state’s case? It’s nowhere.
Baba said on Tuesday the state had consulted with a pathologist and Mashaba’s death was a result of a pre-existing condition and was not linked to the accident. She died in four months later at home. Zuma pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. He said in a statement‚ read out by Hellens‚ that he lost control of his car after driving through a pool of water which he did not see due to the poor visibility from the rain.
Porsche announced in January 2019 that it will introduce a wet mode system into its 911 models which “includes a function for detecting significant wet road conditions and a corresponding vehicle set-up for increased driving stability on wet road surfaces”.
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