not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zoneexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1911arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1898arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days agoAlso the word “accident.” A collision caused by negligence is not an accident.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoDriving instructors have been specifically not using the term accident (and calling out students who do use it) for decades where I live.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agofun fact : in my industry (firefighting) we have started to move to calling them “mvcs” (mot veh collisions) and not mva (mot veh accidents) for, i assume, that reason. i welcome it!
Also the word “accident.” A collision caused by negligence is not an accident.
Driving instructors have been specifically not using the term accident (and calling out students who do use it) for decades where I live.
fun fact : in my industry (firefighting) we have started to move to calling them “mvcs” (mot veh collisions) and not mva (mot veh accidents) for, i assume, that reason. i welcome it!