[dragnet2]

don't think you can call getting hit by a meteor an accident.

You'd consider a meteor to the head intentional?

I'm calling it an accident as in a mistake or error. The best ballplayers make errors.

Ya but if a ball player makes a mistake, people don't go to the hospital or get buried.

And just because it's an accident doesn't mean you aren't at fault.

Wrong again. An accident is a deer running into the side of your vehicle...You're confusing neglect with an accident.

I simply didn't see the car coming in the fast lane. I saw a blur of white and that was that.

Clearly, you weren't paying attention. It's called neglect, and failure to yield...

I was at fault. And it was a mistake, or bad procedure, if you will.

Yes you were at fault....And again, no one said you did this "intentionally". It's called failure to yield, not paying attention and neglect....Not an "accident".

[Huck]

I wouldn't call hitting a deer an accident either. Again, to me, an accident involved an error. Say a driver, failing to notice a car in his blind spot, switches lanes, thinking the way is clear, and causes a collision. That's an accident. The driver made a mistake.

Asteroids and deer are just natural occurences, and there's nothing a driver can do sometimes to avoid it. In my case, I made a sketchy left turn, thinking all the lanes had stopped, when in fact one car was speeding through the red light. I got the summons because, making a left, I didn't have the right of way. The other driver wasn't smart to blow through a red light either. But that's fine. I understand the rule.

Anyway, accidents, in my view, involve an error.