[erikaww]

You’ve never been in accident or almost hit by a car? You don’t know anyone that has died that way? Really?

Infinitesimal? It’s one of the leading causes of death among youth on the order of suicide, homicide and drug overdoses. Calling it infinitesimally small is horribly offensive.

It’s a big reason why our life expectancy is lower than peer countries. Again to reiterate, we spend a ton of our GDP just in healthcare to address traffic violence. Modern fire departments mostly address car accidents rather than fires.

You clearly don’t know what you are talking about and you are going to hit a sore spot in many Americans

[AlbertCory]

I think the revulsion, if I can call it that, is to the apparently-trendy term "traffic violence."

What was wrong with "traffic accidents"? People had gotten used to it so you had to invent something new?

[Arainach]

"Accident" implies a lack of blame. The vast majority of vehicle "accidents" are not.

If you're speeding to pass someone and hit an oncoming car, that's not an accident.

If you're impatient and try to squeeze by a bicycle and hit them, that's not an accident.

If you're texting on your phone and rear-end the car in front of you, that's not an accident, it was a conscious decision.

If your transmission seizes or your wheel fails off so you fly off the road into something (and you haven't been ignoring maintenance on your rust bucket for so long that you should expect this), that's probably an accident. But that's an infinitesimal fraction of vehicle incidents.

[erikaww]

Kind of. Call it what it is. It’s extremely pervasive and has a massive impact on the culture, quality of life and economics in the US.

It is a shame because it would be a fixed problem if we held people accountable or fixed land use or designed infrastructure to be safer