Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down133
arrow-up1501arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·23 days agoMy 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.
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 days 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?
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.
So you’re saying driving from London to Shanghai is safer than flying there?