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'Car Accident' or 'Traffic Violence'? The Way We Talk About Crashes Is Evolving
- downerending 7y agoCompletely agree with the sentiment, but the word "violence" has been tortured enough already. "Negligent driving" would be far better.
- musicale 7y agoCar collision.
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoI posted about this recently on reddit [0]. People disagree, citing that the use of the word "accident" is a statement of intent, not blame. My opinion is still unchanged, though. The relationship between word choice and opinions works both ways. I still have the belief that at least 90% of accidents are caused by sheer negligence of some sort and could have been prevented by simply taking the responsibilities you have as the operator of a 2,000+ lb machine. I still feel that "accident" softens the blame. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/e9ayk6/traffic_collisions_shouldnt_be_called_accidents/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/e9ayk6/tr...