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Dictionary quote - Accident "an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance b: lack of intention or necessity"
Mistake "transitive verb
1: to blunder in the choice of <mistook her way in the dark>
2 a: to misunderstand the meaning or intention of : misinterpret <don't mistake me, I mean exactly what I said> b: to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of
3: to identify wrongly : confuse with another <I mistook him for his brother>
intransitive verb
: to be wrong <you mistook when you thought I laughed at you � Thomas Hardy>
Maybe these meanings should be deleted from our modern day language,and replaced with 'criminal activitry', what do you say Twenty 20?
If say, you were to trip on your shoelace and fall into an old person injuring them, should you then be prosecuted for not paying due care and attention to tying up your shoes?
More interestingly, if the lady had managed to swerve or brake and avoid the collision, should I still be prosecuted because my action was the same, or is it really a further punishment of the consequence of the action rather than the action itself?