PSA::::::::::Wear your seatbelt

[MathGeek]

A colleague and I do some consulting on auto accidents. Wearing the seatbelt is huge.

But a lot of rollover injuries occur to people wearing seat belts, so avoiding rollovers is also very important. I'm training my children to use the brake and slow as much as you can but to maintain the lane and hit the deer. Only a pedestrian is worth risking a rollover with a quick attempt to avoid the collision.

We rehearse it together when driving lonely roads at night both when I'm driving and when they have their learner's permits. Scan roadsides left and right looking for deer. Begin braking if a roadside deer is spotted. Brake hard if deer enters the road. Do not swerve to avoid. Remain in your lane and hit the deer.

The basic theory got tested down in Cameron when a rabbit jumped out. Brake. Thump, thump.