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You don't take a plane for a 2 mile trip, when that's one of the most common uses of a car. How does comparing "per trip" make any sense when planes don't even

• ben_w 2y ago
  For any scenario where planes are not an option, their safety (or lack of it) is fictitious anyway. I was thinking more along the lines of: I'm in Berlin, and it's possible for me to visit friends family in the UK by train* or by plane. If I want to visit them, I pick one of those options (plus the option of ferry or train for the channel). If I want to go to the shops, my options are bus or walk*. If I want to just go somewhere on holiday and I don't care where exactly, I can take the bus, trains, planes, etc., and pick my destination to taste, and at that point it's min( P(death or injury ∣ x ∈ destinations, y ∈ modes of transport) ) * not by car, I would have had to transfer my license within 6 months of moving here and I didn't, so it's not valid any more