They teach us that V1 is the no go, when in reality there is a whole bunch of buffer/slop in there. So what if you buy the field, farm or highway beyond the end of the runway. Chances of surviving increase dramatically if you never leave the ground.
The idea behind flight safety is to choose the safest course of action that saves the most lives. We live with risk every day and as such we make advised trades between risks every day.
The data has shown that continuing an attempted flight beyond V1 is statistically safer than attempting an abort. Of course you can cite
what ifs , but lacking complete and total knowledge of the situation the crew is advised and hopefully taught to continue.
I have no problem with a crews decision making process based on knowledge of the surronding circumstances, but I would be very unhappy to be flying behind a crew that when faced with a
what's going on ? circumstance decides to try an abort above V1