If a car is involved in a head on collision would you expect damage to the front end?
The car in the picture in this story was involved in a head on crash yesterday. Unfortunately the driver passed away. It appears from reading the story that this accident was not her fault. I always thought that if there was a head on crash, both cars had to hit 'head on'. Has the definition changed, or have I always misunderstoon?
I agree the description is a little misleading but think the author was trying to express that the damaged car encountered an object in front of it (at its head) at the time of impact -- a generic way of saying the damaged car was "headed" forward and the momentum of the other vehicle was in opposition.
As a generic definition, I would not think a "head-on collision" inherently describes fault on both drivers' parts (and agree that an object or even a person can be hit head-on) but in a two-car incident I would expect the majority of damage at both front ends as opposed to a front and side, I suppose (now that I think about it).
What an awful wreck. If Jaguar brakes and steering can't avoid such an occurrence, I figure nothing can. Karma.
I think most would agree a head on collision looks like this:
It makes me wonder if the press sticks to the dramatic phrases because blood and death sells.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
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Mary, my comment was a reference to the apparently unavoidable nature of the accident from the victim's perspective, and simply shorthand for, "There are some things we'll never understand," that's all. Maybe "Fate" is a better word, for the piano falling on the innocent person who just happens to be walking underneath it.
It makes me wonder if the press sticks to the dramatic phrases because blood and death sells. 
