not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestriansimagemessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1943arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1931arrow-down1imageTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestriansnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square91linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepelley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month agoAlso the word “accident.” A collision caused by negligence is not an accident.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month 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!
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDriving instructors have been specifically not using the term accident (and calling out students who do use it) for decades where I live.
Also the word “accident.” A collision caused by negligence is not an accident.
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!
Driving instructors have been specifically not using the term accident (and calling out students who do use it) for decades where I live.