I'm sure everyone has read about the drunk vs family in a mini-van in Ohio. For those that haven't see here...

http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=80019

Scenarios like this are a nightmare and I do NOT want to MMQB this family. I can't imagine what they are going through.

I would like to think that there would be something that I could do different to improve the outcome were I ever to face a similar situation. I honestly don't think there is much that could have been done differently.

None of us is ON 100% of the time when we're driving. We all take our eyes off the road for a moment from time to time especially with six kids on-board so let's just assume that the dad saw the other driver coming and attempted to dodge the oncoming car. It appears from the footage I watched that, other than slowing down or stopping, the mini-van had no where to go due to guardrails.

While I don't think any normal vehicle would have spared them all I can't help but wonder if the number of survivors would be different if the family had been something other than a GM mid/mini-van. See this if your not familiar with GM mini-vans...

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=66

Is there anything the ETS family can think of that I/we could do differently to improve our own families odds???


My wife and I will be keeping the Griffin/Burkman family in our prayers.