• iAmTheTot
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    2611 months ago

    I think you’re reaching for something to be angry on this one. I read the title as “[car] crash [involving a] bike”. Shorthand is not at all uncommon in headlines, which need to be snappy. They’re not trying to frame the incident as caused by the bike or anything.

    • @[email protected]
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      911 months ago

      Exactly. Car crash makes people think of only cars. Bike crash would imply a bike and car.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          That’s fair. I always hear bike as bicycle first but I know a lot of people don’t. Bicycle crash it is then lol

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, this is about as good as you’ll ever find:

      A man turned himself into investigators on Sunday after fatally striking a bicyclist on a highway, then leaving the scene

      Most places would just say that there was an auto accident involving a truck and a bicycle.