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-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!
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!