Yes but it may be her way of dealing with the grief, not everyone wants or is equipped to deal with hard facts especially when they simply heap more pain on a situation. I suspect that both you and I have skidded in a car booted with cross ply tyres, poor brakes and hideous handling. What would help young drivers would be skid pan training in an appropriately basic vehicle but one with a decent amount of grunt. Likewise driving in snow and ice, as soon as it appears I drive to suit the conditions, younger drivers start the hard learning process and sadly not all survive to benefit from.