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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by emilssolmanis on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:18AM (#9783335)
In any definition, a near miss is a hit. A "near hit" would be what you're looking for...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM

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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by danparsonson on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:28AM (#9783369)
"Near miss" isn't "nearly a miss" - it's a miss where both parties were near each other. "Near hit" may actually make more logical sense though.
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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by wlkr on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:23AM (#9783354)
Not in any definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29
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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by coldtea on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:33AM (#9783388)
"near miss" just means "that was close", or "we almost didn't miss" -- in other words, "we missed, but we were pretty damn close and could have collided".

It doesn't mean "nearly missed, but actually hit" -- check any dictionary.

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