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Wouldn't a zero-defects approach work better from a PR and a human perspective? Part of the reason driving seems much safer to most people is that usually they
by olefoo 17y ago
Wouldn't a zero-defects approach work better from a PR and a human perspective?
Part of the reason driving seems much safer to most people is that usually they have agency and are in control of the vehicle and can make their own decisions about weather conditions and likely traffic patterns. Whereas in a plane they are giving up control to someone unknown.
- jerf 17y agoHuman perspective, no question! But the PR goal is to "not have bad news in the news", basically. Zero crashes gets you there, but, regrettably, that's basically impossible. More crashes would make a mere crash "not news". But, like I said, probably wouldn't work anyhow. "An auto crash" isn't much news, but bad enough things still happen that they still show up on the evening news with some frequency.