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

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From: Scott M. Kozel
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:00

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Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, if you have an accident, even if it truly is an accident, it is
> no longer to be called an "accident" by one federal agency, but a
> "crash". In otherwords, it will no longer be called "accident
> statistics" but "crash statistics".

"Crash" is a poor word, IMO.

What if a car goes into a creek?  It doesn't go "crash", it goes
"splash".  What if a car catches fire, it doesn't go "crash", it goes
"whoosh" or "foom".

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