Be prepared for an accident

[HLaB]

The only time it isn't an accident is when the driver made a deliberate and conscious decision to drive into you.

And accident is any unintended event. It doesn't mean it was unavoidable, as some seem to think.

It's never an accident somewhere down the line is a causation factor. The better quality safety stuff has stopped referring to things as accidents and uses the terms Personal Injury Collisions or Road Traffic Collisions.

 

[Alex321]

It's never an accident somewhere down the line is a causation factor. The better quality safety stuff has stopped referring to things as accidents and uses the terms Personal Injury Collisions or Road Traffic Collisions.

THat is because far too many peolpe wrongly think "an accident" means "unavoidable".

While I don't mind them using other terms, i do get annoyed by people who suggest it isn't an accident, because all they are actually saying is that they don't understand the meaning of the word.

 

[HLaB]

THat is because far too many peolpe wrongly think "an accident" means "unavoidable".

While I don't mind them using other terms, i do get annoyed by people who suggest it isn't an accident, because all they are actually saying is that they don't understand the meaning of the word.

More people get annoyed/ upset by people using the term 'accident' for something which actually has a cause unintentional or not; hence why more and more events are being described as collisions. If you want to continue using the term thats your choice but people are moving on.

 

[presta]

I have not seen anybody suggesting helmets should be anything but a personal choice. Whether pro or anti.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/be-prepared-for-an-accident.300926/page-10#post-7369920

 

[All uphill]

"Be prepared for an accident"

I take great care to prepare to avoid a collision.

Good bike maintenance, good road positioning, good observation and clear signals have worked well in my first 65 years of cycling.

I can recall three 'accidents' I've had in that time. Two failures of observation and anticipation in my teens, one failure of maintenance in my 60s. All could have been avoided if I had taken a little bit more care.

 

[Alex321]

More people get annoyed/ upset by people using the term 'accident' for something which actually has a cause unintentional or not; hence why more and more events are being described as collisions. If you want to continue using the term thats your choice but people are moving on.

I know language evolves, but all the dictionaries I have looked still have the same main definition.

I don't mind at all people or organisations using other words. But I DO mind when people actually say "it isn't an accident" when according to the definition it is.

And that certainly meets the definition of this thread title.