[bww]

> the article is arguing that accidents almost never happen

The article is citing a specific statistic claiming that 94% of crashes are the result of some sort of risky behavior. If that's the case then those people fail to appreciate the gravity of their behavior and maybe our society, for everyone's sake, should make more of an effort to impress that upon them.

Choosing to use an accurate and neutral term like "crash" as opposed to an implicitly exonerating term like "accident" seems like a pretty modest step in that direction.

[Dylan16807]

The actual statistic[1] says that the critical reason for the crash is attributed to the driver in 94% of cases. That does not tell you the percent of cases where the driver is doing anything riskier than "being human".

If you can find a source that talks directly about risky behavior, it would be appreciated.

[1] https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

[mc32]

What does risky behavior mean? Is splitting lanes risky behavior? Is simply looking before crossing an intersection risky behavior (by cars, by bicycles), is taking out a bike in pouring rain risky? Is it the person doing doughnuts, the person doing sideshows, the person talking while driving, the two motorcyclists riding side by side? The person changing lanes without signaling? The Sunday stunters who rev their bikes down the freeways?

I think, beside the Sunday church drivers, very few people would be classified "safe" driver or rider.