Re:Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
by dragonwriter on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:20PM
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> In NYC the urbanists have a trend of saying "crash" instead of "accident" when referring to traffic collisions.
Everyone I've known in law enforcement, especially CHP officers, does this by default (though they tend to prefer “collision”) when referring to an event where a car hit something. As one of them explained, “collision” or “crash” is a readily discernable physical fact; “accident” is a conclusion about the mental state of the participants.
Everyone I've known in law enforcement, especially CHP officers, does this by default (though they tend to prefer “collision”) when referring to an event where a car hit something. As one of them explained, “collision” or “crash” is a readily discernable physical fact; “accident” is a conclusion about the mental state of the participants.