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This is really a big step in my opinion, as language choices can shape opinions, as the article states "a ‘significant step forward’ in recognizing the preventable nature of road collisions."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The police in the UK have called them "road traffic incidents" for at least 15 years now

[–] AceBonobo 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Incident still sounds too close to accident. I vote we call it "consequences".

[–] dufkm 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah I like that, and then we can grade the consequences as Code Brown, Code Yellow, Code Red.

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