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In dc.driving Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) wrote:
> 
> "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
> >Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> People attempting to commit suicide with their cars, on the other hand,
> >> ought to be stopped.  It's generally a cry for help.
> 
> >I've heard it's generally an attempt to make it look like an "accident".
> 
> It's because of the incompetent accident investigation (or the
> outright lying) that the suicide numbers are underrepresented.  Earl
> said that himself too.  If he suspects that speed may be a cause, it
> gets listed.  If he suspects that suicide may be a cause, it isn't
> listed (only if is is undeniable, like if a note is left).

In all fairness to the victim and their family, I think it is
appropriate to omit the suspicion of suicide if it is only "suspected". 
Innocent until proven guilty.

Unless a suicide note is left behind, or if the person clearly tells
others first that they're going to kill themselves, then I think it
would be hard to prove that the "accident" was intentional.  

In the classic case of a single-occupant single-fatality
hit-fixed-object no-skid-marks no-witnesses accident, suicide is
certainly a significant possibility.  But IMO it would be difficult if
not impossible to prove that it was intentional, unless there was a note
or a threat; and the fairest thing to do is to list it as a true
accident.

> The Christian domination in our society

May have been the case 40 years ago, but not so today.  I'd believe it
if you had said "New Age Movement domination".

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