[mikester]

WOW! That mazda took a beating and still protected your daughter it seems. Glad to hear she's doing alright and will recover.

When I was 18 I was speeding down the 60 hwy here in socal and I lost control(simplistic description) of my car ( a '91 Mazda 626).

I ended up rolling it 5 1/2 times across 4 lanes of hwy (light traffic) ending up on the other side facing the wrong way. I was wearing my seatbelt and walked away without so much as a scratch. Luck struck again in that the CHP officer who worked the scene (50 miles from my home) was my neighbor - I ended up with a ticket for an "unsafe lane change" which is very basically what happened.

The point is that while I may not have been 100% at fault I was more or less the cause. I was going way over the speed limit so what ever happened I wasn't able to cope with due to that speed. The car and the seat belt saved my life.

Kids - no matter how responsible they seem are just that -kids. Take care and watch them because that is what they need.