The age old adage is that it’s safer to fly than to drive. Less traffic, less accidents, and less drunk drivers (right…?) But when you’re in a tin can surrounded by 800 people (and children) 30,000 feet above the ground with 25000 gallons of jet fuel and a science we still don’t even understand keeping you aloft, are you really safe?
Millions of drivers are on the road every day, and most of them are texting, talking or singing along to the radio.
But then you see a story that came out this month. An engine explodes on a Southwest flight, and shatters a window, pulling a woman out into the open air, to later die of the wounds caused by the trauma. And it reminds you, air travel is crazy. It’s not like you can just roll down a window and catch a breeze. You can’t pull over if you get engine trouble. And you can’t get out if you get a little sick.
And you know, you’re way up in the air, sitting in a chair, on technology you couldn’t explain if your life depended on it.
So what’s safer? What do you trust? And if you have to go across the country, how do you do it?
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Flying is statistically safer but when you do crash it's gunna be a bad one :(
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In many cases of failure on a plane causing a crash, the chances of it being a crash with fatalities is quite low. Modern aircraft can fly and land quite well even in the event of a complete engine failure (all engines). The airline industry is the most tightly regulated and controlled industry in the world, you're more likely to die at the dentist than you are in a plane crash.
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Very interesting question, i think more people are being injured with cars
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I've flown a few times but I still prefer 4 wheels on the ground. I personally have a bit of anxiety about things and I feel I have more control over the vehicle on the ground than the tin can 30k ft. in the air.
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I think many of us feel the same, but, we are safer in the air.
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Sure there are way more deaths on the road then there every will be from flight travel. I wonder though how big the difference would be if we looked at deaths per flight vs deaths per car ride.
Regardless I think people feel more anxious about air travel because if something goes wrong, then it REALLY goes wrong. You also have a real lack of control over what happens when on a plane, compared to when you are driving. Hence why the perceived risk of flight is much greater.
I've always felt safer on a plane, it just seems too real that any idiot on the road could cross lanes and crash into me at any time (I still drive everyday though).
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I think it would base security depending on who drives the means of transport and the state of it
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I think there is not much alternatives when we talk about journeys across the country... Flying remain the most effective means of transportation...
Concerning accident, for me flying technology is much better and safer now than in the previous eras. All we need to do is just chose the best Airline with the best safety records...
That's my opinion, @writesbackwards ...
Thanks for sharing...😍🤗😍
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For me driving is safer :)
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Traveling is my hobby.
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If Bruce Jenner was driving I rather take an airplane
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Me gusta viajar, pero me dan miedo los aviones.
Me siento más segura viajando por tierra. Pero cuando van a pasar las cosas,pasan de cualquiera de las dos formas.
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statistically speaking, flying is safer, and it is my opinion, it is more rewarding, you arrive, faster to your destination, definitely, I love to travel by plane,
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to be frank with you, i know we cannot be 100% perfect and so we have our own bias.
to me i believe it is safer on land than on air.
i have total control of my wheel and if anything goes wrong i have got myself to blame. but on air, my life is in the hands of a pilot whose actions and in-actions, determine my safety.
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I think flying is fantastic I like the adrenaline that is felt in the aircraft excellent post thanks for sharing is fantastic
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It depends who is driving
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