Great video for pilots to watch, if he'd tried to make the field he may well have turned fireball mowing through the motorway. Instead he realised the low energy state, kept the wings as level as possible and chose the field. That is the difference to what is being talked about with the 172 accident pilot, who chose to throw the plane into a high angle of bank turn at low altitude and lost control. Moral to the story as always, better to land in the rough under control than lose control and land on anything else upside down or sideways. If you kill anyone in any activity you are going to get the third degree, best to try not to be in that situation in anything, airplane or otherwise. There are many ways you can plan ahead to prevent being in these situations.