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

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From: Walt Horning
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:00

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"Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:

>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".

Yes, and if the car goes off a cliff with no guard rail, while
airborne, it may only "whistle" for awhile. (The impact with the
ground is merely incidental and after the fact that it left the road
and went airborne, so it does not count.)

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