not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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.zoneimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1538arrow-down1imageTIL 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-22 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoAlso the word “accident.” A collision caused by negligence is not an accident.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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-up9·1 day 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!