On 23/06/2011 06:10 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 23.06.2011 16:02, schrieb Le_Forgeron:
>
>> What about the number of killed people in aircraft per year ?
>
> Far less than in car accidents. Flying is actually the safest way to
> travel on a risk-per-distance basis, even before trains.

Any random drunk that wants to can stagger into a car and proceed to 
cause utter carnage. You can't really do that with an aeroplane.

A plane undergoes rigorous safety checks every single damned time it 
goes anywhere. You're *supposed* to do that with a car too. You're 
literally supposed to check that all the tires look good, etc., every 
time before you drive off. How many people ever do this?

Planes are guided by air traffic control. They have two pilots. They 
have automated computer failsafes. There's less traffic per volume of 
space to actually hit. Need I continue?

If you did all this for cars, car travel would become a crapload safer 
too. ;-)

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