"Car" vs "Vehicle"
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Mrs. George was watching some true-crime show (again), and she commented that a lot of the narrators, particularly cops, etc., refer to a "vehicle."
Why is that? I've never said, "I'm going to move the vehicle out of the garage." It's a car.
And, I don't think it's a cop thing - my car's service guy says, "Your vehicle is ready."
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Good question.
I think that a car is a type of vehicle, but a vehicle is not always a car. So, maybe they just want to cover the most possibilities.
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I think it's a TV police thing.
I think some real police use it to sound like an authentic TV policeman.
Like the TV doctor with a stethoscope thing.
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