The reason I got on this site was to find out why people didn't simply turn the engine off. I found it so hard to imagine that people wouldn't think of that, that I Googled it to find out why; it appears they must have simply panicked. I am a commercial pilot, and during training for the rating, have practiced, over and over, every type of emergency scenario. Things can happen very quickly, and panic can set in; that is why pilots are trained this way. I also have a class A CDL, and drive an eighteen-wheeler, and I do agree that (car) drivers should receive more intense training to receive a driver's license. However, I would not call anyone an "idiot," as I was not the one in their situation, and every situation has its own unique circumstances. It is foolish to "assume" what one might do in a hypothetical situation, and worse to condemn someone because their mistake cost them their lives. It may have nothing to do with automobiles or vehicles of any kind, but any one of us could end up in a situation that we might not "intuitively" know how to handle, and that we might just need the grace of God to get out of! Haughtiness, arrogance and pride (among other things) open the door to the devil, which comes to "steal, kill and destroy."