Am 23.06.2011 22:03, schrieb Orchid XP v8:
> 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. ;-)

Then again, would you want to spend half an hour or so going through 
checklists (or security screening, for that matter) every time before 
you take your car for a spin? Or ask for traffic control's permission 
every time you switch lanes or make a turn? :-P

Cars would also be a /tad/ more expensive if they were built to meet 
airplane safety criteria.

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