On Jul 20, 2:36*am, D Ramapriya wrote:
Was wondering about this term "near-miss"... shouldn't a near-miss
actually be a collision and a near-collision a miss?

Ramapriya

I agree.
"Near miss" seems, logically, to indicate that there WAS a collision
but was "nearly" missed.
The oddity of the english language.

Ricky