[dairylee]

I think you're missing the point.

Nowhere in the article does it mention that someone was driving the car. It's just an inanimate car with no driver. It absolves any responsibility to the human behind the wheel.

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Luckily I got hit by a driver.

Luckily I got hit by a car.

I got hit by a driver on Sunday

I got hit by a car on Sunday.

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No less catchy. It's why there are media guidelines around reporting on collisions.

https://www.rc-rg.com/guidelines

[StevenWaterman]

No, I do understand. I'm as anti-car as the next guy. It's absurd that we have normalised multi-ton death machines travelling at high speeds within arms-reach of pedestrians. One of the first things I said after it happened was "fucking cagers", which is a phrase I picked up years ago from DIY electric bike forums. I don't own a car and hope I never have to.

But it's also not as simple as driver hits pedestrian.

Two drivers were involved. The resulting wreckage slid into us. I am reasonably confident that one of those two drivers is at fault - distracted or not paying enough attention and straying into the wrong lane, but I have no idea which. Maybe I'll find out eventually, when the police finish investigating.

If I was reporting on the crash, then sure, maybe "a driver slid into me after crashing into another car in a collision that was maybe his fault" would be a better title.