Originally Posted by
jefnvk
...The only certainty being, the car is definitely in the wrong.
NO, NO, NO, a thousand times NO!
The car is inanimate; it is not in the wrong. The operator of the car, call him a motorist, driver or any number of less pleasant names, is clearly in the wrong.
Sorry, pet peeve of mine. The language has been subtly changed to exonerate motorists and pretend that the tools they use to kill and maim are behaving badly when it is, in fact, the operators of those tools who are doing so.