Safety: Planes vs Bikes
I fly a small airplane (a Cessna 150.....
I drive a moderate motorcycle ......
I've been asked several times which of these things is more dangerous.
Can anyone provide some statistics on this?
-Thanks
-Charles Talleyrand
Sorry, I don't have any stats. But when I started a new job and applied for
life insurance the form specifically asked if I flew in private airplanes..... The application did not ask about street
riding a motorcycle.
That tells me those activities will affect your life insurance premium.
Therefore I deduce that flying is more dangerous than riding.
Bryan
Reasonable deduction. But way back in the late 1940s, when I began
taking fly lessons, I was advised it would increase my life insurance
premiums.
Some time later, but still way back in the '40s, I was advised that
the company would no longer increase the premium for pilots.
My premium was not affected when I went to Navy flight training in
1949 or flew in the Marines for several years.
Half a century has passed since then, and I have never again been
asked if I fly, when taking out insurance.
Don't know about bike riding, I'm not brave enough to try that.
vince norris
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