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> technically safer to be in an airplane than a car Safer per mile. I doubt it’s safer per hour.
by NotYourLawyer 2y ago
> technically safer to be in an airplane than a car
Safer per mile. I doubt it’s safer per hour.
- mmiyer 2y agoNo definitely safer per hour. "In 2022, the fatality rate for people traveling by air was . 003 deaths per 100 million miles traveled. The death rate people in passenger cars and trucks on US highways was 0.57 per 100 million miles." [1] Adjusting for a speed difference of 10x it's 0.03 for planes and 0.57 for cars. Which makes sense - it's pretty easy to crash a car, and much harder to crash a plane (there's not much to crash into in the air). 1. https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/ https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/
- NotYourLawyer 2y agoHuh, interesting.