On Feb 10, 4:57*am, brian whatcott wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Jim Logajan writes:

If all GA midair collisions were eliminated, ~99% of GA aircraft fatalities
would still happen.

If all GA midair collisions were eliminated, 27 people would still be alive,
based on your own cited statistics. Is saving lives not a sufficient
justification for eliminating midair collisions? Is there are threshold of
deaths below which efforts to eliminate midair collisions are not justified?
What cost is there in attempting to eliminate midair collisions that offsets
the loss of life that they entail?

If the US road speed limit were reduced from 70 to 65 mph, perhaps
30,000 lives would be saved annually. Isn't that worthwhile?

* We have apparently decided NOT.

Brian W

Unsupported assertion even noting the weasel words.

Basic fact. Speed does not kill, speed differential kills and highway
design has, and continues, to eliminate as much differential as
possible. Unfortunately, noone has been able to design a way to insure
all drivers operate a vehicle reasonably.

Harry K