“What happened, Danny?” asks the driver. “Car accident. Nasty way to go,” says Danny. “Constable,” the second officer says, “official vocab guidelines state we no longer refer to these incidents as accidents, they’re now collisions.” “Right,” says Danny. The driver exits. A woman bicycling by stops to look. “What happened, Danny?” asks the bicyclist. “Traffic collision,” says Danny, turning to the second officer. “Hey, why can’t we say “accident” again?” “Because “accident” implies there’s nobody to blame.” - don the legend - Tuesday, Jan 26, 21 @ 11:10 am: AAA has a winning case. “ word “accident” tends to shift blame to the victims of car crashes”