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Yes, people would also LOVE to fly an airplane. Yet it's great that they generally can't as that would pose a danger to their surroundings.

Why we act like the death toll of 35.000 A DAY is an acceptable price for "the fun of driving" I can't comprehend.

any death toll is acceptable if we're accustomed to it. It's seen as inevitable and people stop caring.

The only reason we actually (as a society) care about people dying is when they're dying from something novel.