Originally Posted By: Sherpadog
The brand of vehicle is not the blame here. The focus of the blame needs be directed entirely on the drunk driver...

NY Times has a pic of the MVA aftermath and it is clear that any brand of minivan would of suffered a similar fate.


I wasn't attempting to "blame" the Astro but I wondering out loud if a more robust vehicle would have changed the numbers any. One more of my children surviving would be worth the world to me. I can't imagine a production vehicle that would have spared the entire family.

And we agree... the drunk driver is to blame.

One of the reasons I (very hesitantly) started this thread is that we commonly talk about how to survive natural disasters, bird flu and mall shootings but we rarely discuss things as common as MVAs.
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