My instructor was killed in a midair on the NEXT FLIGHT after I soloed. It
shook me up real bad.

I spent a few weeks researching the statistics and concluded that GA flying
was about 10x more dangerous (for fatalities) on a per-mile basis than
driving.

Yet I still decided to continue my flying. That was 18 years ago.

I do actually fly less because I don't want to have too high an exposure to
the risks. I fly when I want to but I don't push it.

I've also known one automobile fatality personally in my lifetime.