From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Jul 07 2002 - 12:59:36 MDT
Damien Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 12:07:16PM -0400, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> > >vs. occasional plane crashes? Most statistics report driving as far
> > >more dangerous than planes (or buses or trains.)
> >
> > I think the recent rise in terrorism in the U.S. changes these
> > statistics.
>
> I really doubt that. A few thousand people died on 9/11. Tens of thousands
> of people die in car accidents a year. Not counting the crippled survivors.
Normally, only a few hundred people die a year on aircraft accidents in
the US (not counting crippled survivors). 9/11 was alone ten times that
number (again, not counting the crippled survivors). Car accidents kill
around 40k people a year, half being drug and alcohol related.
The problem, though, is that far more people drive than fly. There are
on average only 32,000 flights each day, with a little less than a half
million people in the air. Tens of millions of people drive each day on
multiple trips. As a result, the risk of death in flight for any
individual this year will likely meet or exceed that of driving.
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