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I don't think people realize that their taxi to the airport is significantly more dangerous than flying in a 737 MAX.
by paxys 3y ago
I don't think people realize that their taxi to the airport is significantly more dangerous than flying in a 737 MAX.
- lnxg33k1 3y agoSo yeah but I think the experience might play a difference, going down from 10000 mt is a different dying experience from being hit by a car and don’t live through anything
- rsynnott 3y agoSure, but avoiding that risk is inconvenient, whereas going for a 737-800 or A320 over a 737 Max may be no effort at all depending on the flight (this sort of thing is really bad news for Ryanair if it catches on, say; Ryanair's most important routes are typically of the 20-flight-a-day variety and there's lots of competition who don't have Maxes).
- marcosdumay 3y agoHum, no. The safety track of that plane specifically is bad enough that you are not automatically correct.
- mardifoufs 3y agoNope, I don't think so. It still has had "just" 2 crashes.
- swasheck 3y agostatistically (from a certain perspective) i agree with you but cold statistics dont explain the reality of existing as a human being. there's something about flying in a thin, aluminum/composite tube with 100-300 other "souls" many miles in the sky that many find extremely uncomfortable. the magnitude and scale seem to be perceived differently by the human psyche. additionally, once we dive deeper into the statistics, it may be worth evaluating deaths, critical injuries, and minor injuries dimenions by different measures (per transport, per capita, per accident/incident). i wonder what story those analyses would tell.
- tayo42 3y agolately Im amused by this because I actually got into a car accident on my way to airport (was in an uber/lyft that got rear ended on a highway) So for trips to and from the airport, they have been more dangerous for me lol.
- JCharante 3y agoAnd this is what I do: Pick a taxi that won't speed or make dangerous merges. Pick a taxi with working seat belts. Pick a taxi that uses a modern car for modern safety features. When available, take the train. Don't take a helicopter to the airport. This is like saying you shouldn't wear helmets while bicycling because you're more likely to die on your commute to work anyways.
- pb7 3y ago> Pick a taxi that won't speed or make dangerous merges. > Pick a taxi with working seat belts. > Pick a taxi that uses a modern car for modern safety features. Huh? Do you want to share how you manage to do that? Because for me, it's a coin flip whether I have to backseat drive the entire way with my drivers and that doesn't at all include the risk of other drivers on the road.
- JCharante 3y agoI use rideshare apps rather than taxis. I extensively travel between developed and developing countries and the drivers in developing countries are atrocious. Rideshare apps are always more expensive than local taxis but the drivers are much better.
- pb7 3y agoRideshare apps are filled with drivers who drive unsafely so I'm not sure how you manage to selectively avoid them.
- paxys 3y ago> Pick a taxi that won't speed or make dangerous merges. > Pick a taxi with working seat belts. > Pick a taxi that uses a modern car for modern safety features. How exactly do you do any of this? The fact that no rideshare app offers these filters even though it would be trivial to add them kinda proves my point. People largely don't care about the safety rating of the car they are in as long as the ride is a few cents cheaper. But because the news tells us that Boeing planes are death traps everyone has an opinion on it.