>he, his wife, and her parents were driving down the
>highway, when their super-friendly huge rottweiler climbed into the
>passenger seat. The dog knocked the van into reverse, which locked up
>the rear end completely, and rolled the bus 3 times.
>  Thank God, no one was hurt at all. He was the only one wearing a seat
>belt even. Luckily as well, no other vehicles were involved.
>So, on the bright side, score another super-safety point for vanagons...
>:(
>And of course the other moral is-don't drive an automatic!

Ah, not quite. The moral is: Don't let your Rottweiler drive an automatic!

Did he have a license?   :)

And, how could a dog smart enough to put on a seat belt, be dumb
enough to mis-shift the transmission?

Good news about lack of injuries, tho...