Driving is statistically FAR more dangerous than flying though. Think about it, you are hurtling along a highway at 70 mph in a car with numerous components th

Driving is statistically FAR more dangerous than flying though. Think about it, you are hurtling along a highway at 70 mph in a car with numerous components that are aging and can break catastrophically. All it takes is a tire blow-out and your car flips. Or the overweight truck driver in the lane behind you has a heart attack and his truck crushes your car like a soda can. Or a vehicle traveling 70 mph in the opposing lane loses control and flies across the median, hitting your car and killing you instantly before you even have time to react. Meanwhile, the airplane covers that same distance in a fraction of the time and has not one, but two pilots, with numerous years of experience. If one of the pilots has a heart attack, the other one can take over. There are almost no vehicles on the road with that level of redundancy.