[s-cars] Teen car

Brett Dikeman brett.dikeman at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 11:00:08 PST 2009


On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Brian Armstead <barmstea at voanews.com> wrote:
> Taka, we ALL make mistakes behind the wheel.  All of us.  That's why
> they're called accidents

Actually, they're not.  Haven't been for about ten years or so.  It's
hard to find, but NHTSA asked people to stop using the word "accident"
because it was not appropriate.

There is no such thing as an "accident".  Almost any motor vehicle
crash has a clear, identifiable (and usually preventable) cause.

To quote Unka Bill from Watkins Glen:  "If an asteroid hits your car
and you crash, that's an accident.  ANYTHING else is driver error."

Brett


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