So, first I hope this question fits this sub. I’ve often heard that sentance. But how has it been determined?
Like, is it just about the raw number of deaths? In which case, the argument doesn’t exactly land well since we’re in planes a very small part of our lives.
Or has it been calculated that on average, a second spent on a plane is safer than a second spent in a car? In which case it would truly be safer.
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Which is intuitively more safe:
A carriage that moves through the air where it is really difficult to accidentally hit anything or anyone. The drivers are highly trained, there are at minimum 2.
A carriage on rails where something or someone can cross those tracks, but it’s rare. The drivers are highly trained, there may be more than 1.
A carriage that floats but can contact other things in the sea. The drivers are highly trained, there are many.
A carriage that regularly travels freely in highly urban and densely populated areas that comes into inches of contact with hundreds of other carriages and people every single trip. The drivers are trained and only a limited number of people can drive them. The speed is limited and the drivers are trained to drive specific routes. There is 1 driver who is switched out after a certain amount of time when tired.
A carriage that regularly travels freely in highly urban and densely populated areas that comes into inches of contact with hundreds of other carriages and people every single trip. The drivers have received training which may be out of date, but use of them is so commonplace and holding a licence is seen as a necessity rather then a luxury so much so that people take basic safety measures like seatbelts and not being drunk for granted. Drivers can drive at any levels of tiredness unless caught and stopped by the police.
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