• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    My point is that the “planes are safer” stat is, at best, disingenuous. Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane. But people tend to fly less than they drive, so cars are cited as being more dangerous.

    • LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe
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      4 hours ago

      Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane

      So you’re saying driving from London to Shanghai is safer than flying there?