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"The general public has a very hard time rationalizing and making decisions based on risk assessments. People get nervous on US commercial air carriers even tho
by tedmcory77 5y ago
"The general public has a very hard time rationalizing and making decisions based on risk assessments. People get nervous on US commercial air carriers even though this is by all measures currently the safest form of transport in the history of transportation. Literally safer than walking down the street."
I've thought about this a lot; for me, it's not the mortality rate that bothers me the most.
It's the method of passing. Having been in a plane experiencing a serious issue it was a lot scarier because of the duration than the traffic accidents I've seen which were basically over immediately.
- pixl97 5y agoI think you may have a poor idea of how people die in car accidents then. Car accidents are less instantly fatal, instead you tend to suffer for some while you bleed out, or the car slowly begins to burn as you're trapped.
- blueflow 5y agoMajority of fatal car crashes cause death by blunt trauma, so not much different from a plane crash.
- pixl97 5y agoThe severity is. In a plane crash you die instantly quite often. In fatal car accident it can still take a lot of time. Even worse in my eyes is a car accident is far less fatal... leaving huge numbers of people with a lifetime of crippling injuries.