An Illinois family are using the Grand Theft Auto defense yet again. But this time their not saying it corrupting youth, but actually ‘informing’ them. Around 9 p.m. on August 27, the Norris Family was on their way to visit relatives in Diamond, IL when the father, Robert Norris started to feel lightheaded while driving 55 to 60 mph and drifted of the road. Their Jeep Cherokee than proceed to flip four times and stopped into a ditch.

11 year-old Audrey quickly reacted and noticed the back window had been smashed and was able to crawl out of the vehicle, and managed to help her family get out one by one. The family thinks Audrey responded quickly to the situation because she knew when a car tips over in GTA — it explodes.

“She just knew, from playing ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us.”

Okay, this is just ridiculous. I know every gamer wants to use this as a defense in an argument against anyone who feels GTA and video games in general are slowly killing children. It would be hypocritical for us to even use this in a debate. If we truly believe that games don’t influence kids to become future criminals, than it certainly wouldn’t have made this kid move any faster than she did. It’s human nature for us to react and save anyone we love who are in trouble. If the young girl didn’t play GTA (should she be anyway?), I have 100% confidence that she would have done the same thing.

And honestly, unlike in the old GTA world, when a car flips over, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to blow up.

Source: Kotaku