It's so much more dangerous to drive than fly.Old Rider;1715992 wrote:Confirms why I hate flying so much. Its nice to get to your destination quicker by flying, but I would rather drive if I can. Just do not like the idea of letting some guy I don't know in charge of my life 35,000 feet in the air in an aluminum can!
Wait until you have children at home. Gives you a different perspective.SportsAndLady;1715996 wrote:It's so much more dangerous to drive than fly.
In a plane, you are letting one trained professional control your life. In a car, you are letting thousands of random people control your life.
How does children give you a different perspective?ernest_t_bass;1716009 wrote:Wait until you have children at home. Gives you a different perspective.
Also, in a car, you still have the element of control. You have zero (personal) control on an airplane.
Hopping on a plane without childrenlike_that;1716010 wrote:How does children give you a different perspective?
I feel like children would affect your view more negatively of driving than flying. How's the number of fatalities in plane crashes vs car crashes compare? I totally get the whole "one person controlling your life" argument, but I'd rather have one person controlling my life and not thousands of random indiviudals. Anybody can get a driver's license. The moron with no common sense, the murderer, etc. You have to be highly trained and have great character to be a commercial airline pilot.like_that;1716010 wrote:How does children give you a different perspective?
What on earth does that have to do with what I said?ernest_t_bass;1716009 wrote:Wait until you have children at home. Gives you a different perspective.
Also, in a car, you still have the element of control. You have zero (personal) control on an airplane.
That so-called fact is complete bull shit.SportsAndLady;1715996 wrote:It's so much more dangerous to drive than fly.
Don't take highways.SportsAndLady;1715996 wrote:It's so much more dangerous to drive than fly.
In a plane, you are letting one trained professional control your life. In a car, you are letting thousands of random people control your life.
Okay, Said.Uz2Bon36;1716019 wrote:That so-called fact is complete bull shit.
It entirely depends on where you drive and in what conditions. Follow the law and don't speed helps a lot too.SportsAndLady;1716020 wrote:Okay, Said.
Now that I have children, I feel differently about getting on a plane, even though they are statistically safer. The thought that the plane could crash, thinking of them not having a father, etc., is more common when boarding a plane, rather than driving. To me, anyway.SportsAndLady;1716018 wrote:What on earth does that have to do with what I said?
32,617 deaths from a car in the US in 2013.Uz2Bon36;1716019 wrote:That so-called fact is complete bull shit.
Don't take highways.
Hope this helps.
: thumbup:sleeper;1716026 wrote:32,617 deaths from a car in the US in 2013.
1,015 number of deaths from an airplane from 1950 - 2010 WORLDWIDE.
Any questions?
Lol I've never gotten on a plane and thought about dying. Not once. It's so safe to fly these days especially in the US.ernest_t_bass;1716022 wrote:Now that I have children, I feel differently about getting on a plane, even though they are statistically safer. The thought that the plane could crash, thinking of them not having a father, etc., is more common when boarding a plane, rather than driving. To me, anyway.
I had to edit it because the site I pulled the info from used selective data.Pick6;1716028 wrote:: thumbup:
True, and I doubt it means anything but if you die in an airplane crash you are certain it isnt your fault. I dont have a fear of flying or anything like that, but I have some issue with if I would be in a car crash and someone else died it would just eat at me non stop even if it wasnt my fault. If the accident was my fault, man I am not sure I could live with myself.Dr Winston O'Boogie;1716052 wrote:I don't mind flying at all. I believe fear of flying is an emotion that can't be argued out of someone, so I don't bother trying. It's an irrational fear, but it is real to the person having it. I think it all goes to the need for control. Despite us all wanting to control our fate, none of us do. A meteor could strike anyone dead today. The good thing about a plane crash is there's usually little suffering.