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Old July 3rd 03, 09:58 PM
Dan Luke
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"Highfllyer" wrote:
I have been both flying and driving for fifty years.

In fifty years I have never scratched a passenger.

In fifty years of driving I have been nearly killed twice, and I did lose

a
passenger.


How many flying hours vs. driving hours do you have? How many flying trips
vs. driving trips have you made?

Richard Collins illustrated the reality of this best: he pointed out that,
in his long life, he knew far more people who had been killed in plane
crashes than ones who had been killed in car crashes. This is true even
though the exposure to flying is far smaller than the exposure to driving
for the population. Try this: how many celebtities can you name who have
been killed in plane crashes versus ones who have been killed in car
crashes? What is the relative exposure of celebrities to each form of
travel?
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Dan
C172RG at BFM