Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoAccidents the third leading cause of death in Canada. But what does that mean?www.canadianaffairs.newsexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareChillPill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 months agoOfficial vocab guidelines state we no longer refer to these incidents as acccidents, they’re now collisions.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIt wasn’t the fall that killed them; it was the collision.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-25 months agoThat’s last year’s term. We’re now calling them unintended inter-vehicular contact events.
minus-squareoortjunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months 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”