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    Quote Originally Posted by bzcam
    A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage - but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage. Although human error is commonly an initiating event, a faulty process or system invariably permits or compounds the harm, and should be the focus of improvement.

    Other familiar terms for these events is a "close call", or in the case of moving objects, "near collision" (kinda like Marco and Moraes). The often misunderstood phrase is so-called to stress that not only had things gone remotely off course towards danger, but they had actually only "barely missed" catastrophe (kinda like letting Milka run more than 10 laps at Long Beach).

    For instance, commercial airliners are considered dangerously close if they are one mile apart (kind of like Danica and Marco). If they pass at a quarter mile apart or less, this is a "near miss" because they were extraordinarily near each other when they missed collision (doesn't say anything about the hissy fits afterward).

    It interesting to remember that Bertrand got the 2nd Conquest car - that's kind of like getting the 2nd Roth Racing car. Makes you wonder what Conquest's duct tape budget is for the season.

    BZ
    That is an honorable attempt at explaining a contradiction. If one nearly misses (don't talk about injuries or anything other than the statement), then they have actually hit. " I nearly missed hitting a car today" would mean you actually hit it. "Close call" is more descriptive.

    Anyway, after the race I was wondering was the sponsor on one of the Conquest cars the same one that was on Jay Howard's?
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    English isn't my first tougue (I've never been to an English-speaking country either), but I can tell that "near miss" means "they missed, but were near" and "nearly miss" means "they almost miss, but they hit".
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    Quote Originally Posted by NaBUru38
    English isn't my first tougue (I've never been to an English-speaking country either), but I can tell that "near miss" means "they missed, but were near" and "nearly miss" means "they almost miss, but they hit".
    You speak english better than most americans I know - especially the ones from texas.

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    I talk much worse than I write, because I have less time to think what to say.
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    You don't talk when you write...you speak
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