"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message
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[...] The cause of the
accident was a young girl (7 mo. pregnant BTW) ran a red light at 55 mph
and
rammed into a car filled to the gills with people (I counted 8). All 8
were
innocent victims due to one person's negligence and they were lucky they
weren't killed.

I've never seen a car with eight legitimate, belted seating positions.

Doesn't sound to me like the victims were wholely innocent.

It's interesting to me how easily people dismiss the danger of simply
driving, but see flying as a much more dangerous activity. You don't see
people with phobias of driving even though almost every one knows someone
who has been involved in a wreck, or has been involved in one themselves.

First of all, flying is demonstrably more dangerous than driving. The
accident rate is higher, and the vehicles have less survivability built into
them.

Secondly, YOU may not see people with phobias of driving, but plenty such
people exist. Personally, driving makes me more concerned for my safety
than flying does, though I feel relatively comfortable doing both.

Pete