In addition, promoting alternative modes of transportation is generally considered a good thing. The assumption is alternative to automobiles. Alternative also implies that these modes are nontraditional or unconventional, which is not the case with the pedestrian, cycle, nor transit modes. The direct and objective language is non-automobile modes of transportation. Other Misnomers Further, accidents are events during which something harmful or unlucky happens unexpectedly or by chance.
Accident implies no fault.
It is well known that the vast majority of accidents are preventable and that fault can be assigned. The use of accident also reduces the degree of responsibility and severity associated with the situation and invokes an inherent degree of sympathy for the person responsible. Objective language includes collision and crash. Protect means shielding from harm. Objective terms include designate and purchase.