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There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster—Who Profits and Who Pays the Price

There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster—Who Profits and Who Pays the Price

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  • Create Date：2022-02-21 20:21:35
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Jessie Singer
  • ISBN：1982129662
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Reviews

Aaron G。 Paquette ，

This is a great book， definitely makes me think about how I think about accidents。 The title of the book is somewhat misleading， I think her conclusion is more that most accidents are preventable。 Or accidents that are predictable or inevitable maybe shouldn't be viewed as accidents first， but as addressable failures to be remedied。 I would like to see a more nuanced approach to the cost of preventing accidents。 As a society we have to deal with the reality that some things may have some inheren This is a great book， definitely makes me think about how I think about accidents。 The title of the book is somewhat misleading， I think her conclusion is more that most accidents are preventable。 Or accidents that are predictable or inevitable maybe shouldn't be viewed as accidents first， but as addressable failures to be remedied。 I would like to see a more nuanced approach to the cost of preventing accidents。 As a society we have to deal with the reality that some things may have some inherent risk that we accept， but how do we come to terms with that？ We should take all reasonable precautions but inherently some things like space travel for the time being is going to involve large risk。I do wish she went into more detail about the fears around driverless cars， I think there are some real concerns here but if done right could increase safety。 She even brings up driver automation systems like automatic braking being an important next step， so I don't necessarily think that more driver automation systems are to be dismissed。 Self driving cars definitely aren't there yet and the ethics of testing them on the street or lack of regulation specific to address them is problematic。 I don't think these systems should be dismissed as they have some potential even if they may not be the panacea we are being sold。 。。。more

John Singer ，

Riveting， entertaining and amazing。 This is a really good read。

Jose ，

"It matters who tells the story of an accident。 Eric did not live to tell the story of his death， so I never heard how he passed out of this world alone on the cold asphalt。 Instead， the man who killed Eric told the story， at least at first - that was a story of a car hitting a person， an accident story， told by a man who had the momentary power of being a survivor。 When the man went to prison， the prosecutors who put him there took over the telling - then， the story of Eric's death was the st "It matters who tells the story of an accident。 Eric did not live to tell the story of his death， so I never heard how he passed out of this world alone on the cold asphalt。 Instead， the man who killed Eric told the story， at least at first - that was a story of a car hitting a person， an accident story， told by a man who had the momentary power of being a survivor。 When the man went to prison， the prosecutors who put him there took over the telling - then， the story of Eric's death was the story of a bad person driving a car， a crime story。 In accidents， power， in all its forms， be it a fast car or a plea deal， decides which story we hear。 Across the United States， I found this as a common marker of accidents。 The people who tell the story are always the powerful ones， and the powerful ones are rarely the victims。" Singer's objective in writing this text is to explore the complicated stories that can be unfolding behind deceptively simple definitions of an accident。 As the author states， this is the structure of the book: first examining the preconditions of accidents， the deaths and injuries， and lastly the blame， punishment， and missed opportunities for prevention that come after。 And what I loved about picking this up is how it handled a subject that is very easy to look over， or at least I take it for granted how absolutely widespread accidents are in the United States。 Even as I understand the fact， we do not address to the same degree that we might consider other causes of fatal injury。 It was never something that I thought to even question and therefore， I had difficulty wondering if there were even any solutions。The ten chapters following the introduction explore several important variables:1。 What did a person do wrong: why were they driving so fast？ Were they drunk？ Why was a mistake made？2。 What environmental conditions lead to an increase in accidents？ Rather than insist fallible people are the source of all accidents， what can be controlled to reduce injury？3。 How do advances in technology and environments larger in scale and complex in operation lead to a matching growth in accidents？4。 What do we know about measuring and gauging risks of accidents for the population？5。 How do stigmas influence how individuals understand accidents and accident prevention？6。 How do stigmas and other variables impact circumstances such as the disproportionate number of accidents for marginalized groups？7。 What about money and economic class？8。 How do we assign blame？9。 How do you approach prevention？10。 How do we assign accountability？All in all， I do recommend this if you are interested in the subject matter。 It is extensively cited and around a quarter of it are just notes on arguments and statements made and referenced。 Thank you to the publisher - Simon & Schuster- for sending me an ARC to review。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。 。。。more