Re: Daily gripe: Feds change "accident" to "crash"

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From: Nigel Albright
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 00:00

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In the UK there is a widespread trend now amongt road safety organisation
to change from accident to crash because over 90% of 'accidents' involve
driver error. That means they are not accidents but avoidable situations
and the word 'crash' brings this home to people more.

Sally and John Wilding <sjwilding@discover.earthlink.net> wrote in article
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> Scott M. Kozel wrote:
> 
> > Of course, I'll be satisfied to continue use the traditional term
> > "accident".  Unless a motorist actually does it "on purpose", then it's
> > an "accident", IMO; even if there was reckless driving, that doesn't
> > mean that it's not an "accident".
> 
> I think there should be a distinction.  My new word for the latter is,
> ASSident.
> 
> 
> john
> 
> 
>

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From: "Nigel Albright" <albright@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: Daily gripe: Feds change "accident" to "crash"
Date: 1998/08/23
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