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The first two are precisely what most car "accidents" are not. They're usually the result of negligence, which is captured in 2a, but the definitions which car
by lamontcg 3y ago
The first two are precisely what most car "accidents" are not. They're usually the result of negligence, which is captured in 2a, but the definitions which carry a lack of any agency usually overshadow the meaning in 2a.
This is why it is a great "soft" word because of the inherently fuzzy meaning.
Almost always in a "car accident" one or both parties, often along with the DOT, fucked up and need to do better. You shouldn't use language that allows it to be viewed as totally unforeseeable.
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- DangitBobby 3y agoYou can argue whether it's negligence, but negligence doesn't make it not an accident.
- lamontcg 3y agoAccident is a deeply misleading work to assign to negligence. And I'd argue that there's circular logic at play since the dictionary definition is based on the problematic usage.
- DangitBobby 3y agoWell yes, the dictionary definition of words is based on their meaning in use.