Autocide
DefintionSuicide by crashing one's automobile.
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OriginThe beginning of autocide began when the first cars started being produced and available to the public in 1886. People started committing autocide as a way to kill themselves with their cars.
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Topeka
Four cars in four years have smashed into Bridge 238 on the Kansas Turnpike near Topeka. In each case, the driver was the lone occupant, and they were killed. In each case, turnpike police made the same notation on their report: daylight, clear, road dry, level and straight, no skid marks. "Cause: improper driving." No one can know for sure, but more and more police and traffic experts suspect that "autocide," is an important cause of traffic deaths.