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But this depends on the person driving. If the person who is worried about this is a much better driver and would be less likely to get in a fatal accident than
by topmonk 7y ago
But this depends on the person driving. If the person who is worried about this is a much better driver and would be less likely to get in a fatal accident than average then why wouldn't this be a valid concern?
- nradov 7y agoNo it isn't a valid concern. For an equivalent distance, commercial flights are still safer than even the safest drivers. At 30000 feet you don't have to worry about some other drunk driver running a red light.
- adrianN 7y agoYou rarely drive across a whole continent, so I don't think that comparing passenger miles is the best measure. Perhaps deadly accidents per passenger-trip would be better?
- topmonk 7y agoNope. From https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2017/07/20/are-airplanes-safer-than-cars/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2017/07/20/are-airp... For vehicles, “1.13 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled” and “Airline accidents per one million miles flown came in at a rate of 0.0035.” So with an equal denominator, 0.35 vs 1.13. So if you're in the top 20% of safest drivers, which is not hard to reach considering all the idiots out there, you are safer driving.
- nradov 7y agoNope. Your calculations are totally invalid.
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- ivl 7y agoThere are other drivers on the road though. Not all traffic deaths are single driver incidents. If someone blows through a red light as you're turning, your reaction time can be shockingly irrelevant.
- topmonk 7y agoHow does highlighting a way a fatality could occur refute that you might be safer than the average driver?