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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 110 points 6 months ago

A friendly reminder that road safety advocates recommend against the use of the word "accident" to describe car crashes, because it downplays the fact that many crashes are preventable, either by better safe road design or by the drivers being more responsible with with 2 tonne machinery they are operating.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

If it isn't intentional then isn't it by definition an accident?

If I break my leg while mountainbiking it seems a bit unreasonable to claim that it wasn't an accident because mountainbiking is an extreme sport and this could've been avoided if I was knitting instead.

[-] MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

In aviation, an intentional accident is still an accident. A suicidal pilot can deliberately crash an airplane, and it's still considered an accident.

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