I like the implication that trains aren’t vehicles.
A Metro Rail train has derailed after striking a vehicle in East L.A.
yeah man, i’m sure the rail car just went out of its way to strike the car
I agree that cars get given cop voice, but this particular example I’m not sure how you could reword that sentence. I think I would say “train derails after striking x” regardless of what the object was.
Train derails after striking cow escaped from pasture. Train derails after striking fallen log.
Active voice first.
“A car on the train tracks caused an East LA Metro train to derail”
How dare that train drive on its tracks at a regular speed and route? Thousands and thousands of individual drivers of varying degrees of intelligence and impulse control can’t handle this level of chaos!
You could probably build a better “media bias detector” than all the lib bullshit projects just by recording what things get passive voice applied to them.
