Originally Posted by madpogue

And BTW, according to NHTSA, USDOT, et. al. accidents don't happen. They don't even refer to "accidents" any more, they refer to "crashes". The reasoning is that "accidents" can't be avoided/prevented, but "crashes" can. By using the right word, the emphasis is put on determining what can be done to avoid/prevent them. Remarkably (or perhaps not...), our state and local gov'ts still use the word "accident".