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[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

You can intentionally crash into someone which would not be an accident but if you crash into someone not on purpose, then it's an accident.

[-] asret@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago

Exactly, so the use of "crash" would generally be far better for these sorts of articles.

"Accident" starts addressing intentions or expectations.

We could just add easily refer to them as "vehicular violence" but then we'd end up distorting things in another direction.

[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

It doesn't have to be on purpose. Accident implies that something was just a freak occurrence beyond anyone's control. You can't fix accidents. You can fix crashes.

If you're driving negligently - drunk driving, not paying attention, etc then it's not an accident.

If it's due to bad road design, then it's not an accident.

this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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