At least they aren’t calling it an “incident.” Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 13, 2023, at 4:00 PM, danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Patrick Murray wrote: > >> I'm getting persnickety in my old age. That was not an accident, it was a >> crash. Accidents imply that the collision was unavoidable and or an act of >> god, which is rarely the case > > eyup. I frequently send letters similar to the following: > > Dear [NYC Fire Dep't] Commissioner Kavanagh: > > I just came across the report in patch.com [a] of Engine 298's troubling > event yesterday, Friday, 01-April-2022. > > I noticed that the FDNY rep was quoted as saying: "Engine 298 was involved in > a minor car accident". > > Might I suggest it's long past time to stop referring to these, both when > involving Department vehicles, and most certainly when the event is more > general, as "accidents" and instead use the more appropriate "crashes". > > In fact, this is now the preferred Federal terminology (see attached snapshot > of the change in Sec. 24102 of "Highway Safety Programs"), and I've seen > claims this was actually adopted by the NYPD a decade ago. > > Thank you for your attention. > > Sincerely, Dannyb > > [a] > https://patch.com/new-york/foresthills/firefighters-get-car-crash-kew-gardens-fdny-says > > enc: scan of Federal Register, and also screengrab ref'ing NYPD change -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/8D9D4E2D-D604-436C-A08D-203A9A605983%40att.net.
