The deaths of eight Utah State agriculture students and their instructor in a van rollover in that state in late September was extremely sad and completely senseless. We say senseless because not one of the students in the bus was wearing a seat belt when the 15-passenger van they were riding in blew a tire at high speed and rolled to the bottom of a ravine. Two students who survived were in critical condition. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration repeatedly has issued warnings about the safety of the vans, which are tall, top heavy and prone to rolling over when a tire […]