Carmen's Legacy tells the story of a family's journey of tragedy and hope. A fatal car crash critically injured 42-year-old John Maher and killed the 18-year-old driver of the other vehicle. Thankfully, John was not at fault. His injuries were so severe that doctors informed him he would never work again. Married with four daughters in secondary school and university, this was a tremendous blow to this young family. However, there was more tragedy to come for the Maher family.

Just 30 months after John's horrific car crash, their youngest daughter, 18-year-old Carmen, lost her life in a car crash when she fell asleep at the wheel of her car and hit a tree. In an even crueller twist, her eldest sister, Michelle, was the third car on the crash scene when on her way to work.

Carmen's Legacy has many lessons, and possibly the most powerful is how the love and support of family can overcome even the most devastating and tragic event. Two years after Carmen's death, John embarked on his very personal road safety campaign following a car crash in Bendigo that killed four 18-year-old students. He developed Carmen's Road Safety presentation, and he is now an international keynote speaker presenting Carmen's story at schools, conferences, seminars, and sporting clubs. Carmen's true life story empowers attendees not to do to their families what Carmen has done to his.

Carmen's Legacy will take you on a journey of triumph over tragedy. It will also empower you to be a safer road user and help you understand that you are the most important person in the world to the people who love you.

The Maher family didn't know that on November 18, 1995, they would lose their beautiful Carmen forever; they would never cuddle her again. We would love to give Carmen just one more cuddle.