Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days agoAccidents the third leading cause of death in Canada. But what does that mean?www.canadianaffairs.newsexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkAccidents the third leading cause of death in Canada. But what does that mean?www.canadianaffairs.newsSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareChillPill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 days agoOfficial vocab guidelines state we no longer refer to these incidents as acccidents, they’re now collisions.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoIt wasn’t the fall that killed them; it was the collision.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-27 days agoThat’s last year’s term. We’re now calling them unintended inter-vehicular contact events.
minus-squarejaemo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoI thought it was “un-requested kinetic energy surplus mitigation manifold”
Official vocab guidelines state we no longer refer to these incidents as acccidents, they’re now collisions.
It wasn’t the fall that killed them; it was the collision.
That’s last year’s term. We’re now calling them unintended inter-vehicular contact events.
I thought it was “un-requested kinetic energy surplus mitigation manifold”