LISmama810
Admin - CPS Technician
In my certification course I learned (as did many other techs, I'm sure) to refer to automobile mishaps as "crashes" or "collisions," not "accidents." The reason given was that accidents are preventable. But aren't crashes and collisions also preventable?
To me, "accident" simply means "not intentional," which, barring a driver intentionally running someone down, fits the bill just fine.
I know it's a semantic issue, but it doesn't make sense. And I'm a little miffed that I have allowed myself to be brainwashed into NOT referring to things as accidents. Like, in protest I make a concerted effort to refer to something as an accident, but I can't. (Sort of like how I stopped referring to soda as "pop" when I moved from the Midwest, and now when I try calling it pop, I can't do it.)
So am I the only one annoyed by that? Probably.
To me, "accident" simply means "not intentional," which, barring a driver intentionally running someone down, fits the bill just fine.
I know it's a semantic issue, but it doesn't make sense. And I'm a little miffed that I have allowed myself to be brainwashed into NOT referring to things as accidents. Like, in protest I make a concerted effort to refer to something as an accident, but I can't. (Sort of like how I stopped referring to soda as "pop" when I moved from the Midwest, and now when I try calling it pop, I can't do it.)
So am I the only one annoyed by that? Probably.