Letters to the Editor
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Simple mistakes compounded
Everyone faces situations they are unprepared for. Be glad if it doesn't kill you.
There is no need to heap opprobrium on the Kims. You can criticize their bad decisions, but they're hardly the first or last urbanites to be unaware of how deadly a mountain road in winter can be. Cars and road trips are part of our familiar world in which nothing usually goes terribly wrong. This time simple mistakes compounded drastically.
Blame the fact that they didn't know all the common sense now being stated here. There is no standard point at which every person is instructed in crossing mountains and snow survival.
The silver lining is that these public tragedies inoculate the population with awareness. Millions who followed this story are likely to now do their interstate road travel more safely and better prepared.