This is a great argument that I'd never heard before. Never knew about the per-hour statistics either. All that being said, it sounds like one can "control the

This is a great argument that I'd never heard before. Never knew about the per-hour statistics either. All that being said, it sounds like one can "control the level of risk" by taking a bus instead of driving/Uber/Lyft/taxi to the airport, but choosing to do the latter is an example of "taking on any unnecessary risk when you don't have to [which] is not a wise choice". And yet it is a completely reasonable thing to do.