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> Flying on a commercial airplane is demonstrably safer than driving Can you give me some stats on this? I was under the impression that it's maybe a little bi
by pcthrowaway 3y ago
> Flying on a commercial airplane is demonstrably safer than driving
Can you give me some stats on this? I was under the impression that it's maybe a little bit safer in terms of distance traveled.
But the people who think their driving is 50% safer than the average person's don't care about this. And this is probably near 100% of people who drive.
- alamortsubite 3y agoNumber of deaths per passenger-mile is 750x higher for driving than flying in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...