I think I’ll just put my kids in bubble-wrap going forward…

I just wanted to add something to this. You said that Francy had opposed the idea and she was a bit concerned about your son’s driving and safety. She was right?! Not becuase you were wrong because from what I read, you sound like a great father who believes in his son and is very very supportive! But you know what, mothers have this very weird instinct, this 6th sense that we as guys don’t really have. I don’t know but it seems that there is a connection between a mother and her children and somehow she knows what’s going to happen more often than the father. I am saying this because this happened to my many times. Most of the times when my mother warned me about something and I didn’t listen, it actually came true!!!

I am so glad your son is fine now! Seatbelts and airbags are life savers!

It was a single-car accident, so no others (except a large and very sturdy pine tree) were harmed.

As for the air bags, hard to know if they helped, but they certainly didn’t hurt (aside from the burns from them on James’ forearms). But far better to have minor burns than a steering wheel to the face/chest.

We consider ourselves very, very lucky.

And we consider the safety and design engineers at Infiniti our new best friends.