> the other one poured jet fuel in when they opened it
welp guess i'm never flying again
welp guess i'm never flying again
Similarly, the risks for specific drivers in specific vehicles making specific trips isn’t the same as the risks for the average driver making an arbitrary trip.
Just a few weeks ago an American Airlines regional jet went down near Washington, D.C.'s after hitting a helicopter.
But importantly, I have the ability to see and react and avoid the collision. On the plane, I have the ability to eat lunch. Surely this could be considered a difference in agency.
Add in all of the _other_ drivers on the road (compared to professional pilots in controlled spaces), and it's not even close.
Per hour would be lower of course, maybe 1/10th as many just judging by "cruise speed." I couldn't find good hour-wise data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...
To give an extreme example, imagine someone starts passenger service from Earth to some planet in the Andromeda galaxy. Each flight carries 100 people. Once the warp field is stabilized the rest of the trip is 100% safe. However when the warp field is turned on their is a 99% chance that it will collapse rather than stabilize, which will destroy the ship and kill everyone aboard.
These Andromeda flights are 5 orders of magnitude safer than commercial air travel when measures by passenger fatalities per mile.
The number of people that die from heart disease and stroke and diabetes is far far greater than plane crashes or car crashes.
Metabolic syndrome is a large constellation of diseases and scientists have discovered that many of them are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle choices!