Automotive Writer Drops the "A" Word
Crash Coalition Founder Candace Lightner had a talk with Roger Lanctot about his use of the word "accident".
There is a hard core of campaigners for vehicle safety in the
U.S. – railing against the conditions that enable a daily toll of nearly 100
highway fatalities in this country. Within this community of individuals and
organizations there are no references to traffic accidents, only crashes.
I recently ran afoul of one of the most outspoken leaders of
this fragmented movement, Candace Lightner. Candace is president of WeSaveLives
and founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Candace expressed her
displeasure with me after I referred to “accidents” in a blog about California
legislation (http://tinyurl.com/oukscr9 - Assembly Bill 1264) for the creation
of a database for the notification of the next of kin of crash victims.
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