> You’re pattern matching on how the two modes work No, I'm going by my own experience. I've taken plenty of long-distance bus trips (I've just checked on a ma

> You’re pattern matching on how the two modes work No, I'm going by my own experience. I've taken plenty of long-distance bus trips (I've just checked on a map site, one long-distance bus trip I've made many times is around 800 km). Several of them were to cities I could have taken an airplane to (and I did take an airplane to them in other circumstances), and the only difference is that the bus trip usually took longer (and was less expensive). > If airplanes became seriously unsafe, I would drive. There is no world where I would take a bus instead. If airplanes became seriously unsafe, I would take a long-distance bus. I can't say there's no world where I would buy a car and learn how to drive just to avoid taking a long-distance bus, but I can't see any advantage other than avoiding the short taxi steps to and from the bus terminal at either end of the trip.