[Scan-DC] Meaning of "ETOH"

[Justin D Osborn]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 LtBrown122@aol.com wrote:

>
> I think this falls into line when we had to stop calling vehicle
> crashes MVA's. Motor Vehicle Accidents. This was apparently another
> polictal correctness move - because some administrator at some level
> decided that accidents are something that cannot be avoided. But
> collisions are something that can be avoided and are usually due to
> someone's driver error. So we had to call them PIC - Personal Injury
> Collision or Property Damage Collsion.
>
Joe,
    I think you've got that backwards.  I believe the reasoning was that
"accident" is something that can be avoided and is due to driver error; it
puts the blame on somebody.  "Collision" is just describing an event
without blaming anyone.

Justin

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