Buzzed?

On 2006-04-18, Skylune wrote:
Well, we shall see. If a 172 crashes into a house or business, killing
several people on the ground, there will be an outcry. Naturally, a small
plane will not result in hundreds of casualties, but if that one that
crashed on the sports field happened to hit kids on the ground.....

Well, it's "statistically inevitable" that a 40-tonne articulated
truck will one day run off a road and into a sports field full of kids.
Let's ban trucks. It's "statistically inevitable" that a car, being
driven purely for recreational purposes, will leave the road and plough
into a line of school children waiting for the bus. Let's ban cars!

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"Dylan Smith" wrote

Well, it's "statistically inevitable" that a 40-tonne articulated
truck will one day run off a road and into a sports field full of kids.
Let's ban trucks. It's "statistically inevitable" that a car, being
driven purely for recreational purposes, will leave the road and plough
into a line of school children waiting for the bus. Let's ban cars!

As far as that goes, school busses have killed more kids than airplane
crashes. Let's ban them!
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Jim in NC

In article , says...

As far as that goes, school busses have killed more kids than airplane
crashes. Let's ban them!


Well, to be exact "busses" have never killed anyone, at least not directly.
They can lead to pregnancies though, which at school age are not socially
constructive. Ban them? It'll never happen!

GF

by "Morgans" Apr 19, 2006 at 10:41 AM


"Dylan Smith" wrote

Well, it's "statistically inevitable" that a 40-tonne articulated
truck will one day run off a road and into a sports field full of kids.
Let's ban trucks. It's "statistically inevitable" that a car, being
driven purely for recreational purposes, will leave the road and plough
into a line of school children waiting for the bus. Let's ban cars!

As far as that goes, school busses have killed more kids than airplane
crashes. Let's ban them




Your points are well taken. But, reality bites: if a small plane crash
burns down a house or kills kids in a playground, there will be an uproar.
This is because there is alot of antipathy towards GA, and because someone
flying for kicks that accidently causes death and mayhem will receive
greater criticism than a school bus crash. School busses are necessary.
Flying around in a cessna for fun is not.

In article
outaviation.com,
says...

School busses are necessary.
Flying around in a cessna for fun is not.



School busses are not "necessary" - but they are statistically
inevitable! For those involved they are far more fun than flying around in a
Cessna.