As whirlybird said x posts back, flying will never be 100% safe and to be honest, that may well be one of its attractions. It gives a chance to pit yourself against nature and yourself in the same way as riding/driving a motorbike/car at 120mph does (on private roads only of course
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Having said that, there are a few things that people can do to make themselves safer : Things like not flying at the regular 2000 feet as used by so many ppl's is one, switching landing lights on when for some reason visibility starts to deteriorate being another because you may not see the other plane, but anything that you can do to help him see you will help. This still relies on pilots keeping a good lookout and I dont always think that they all do. Equally, too many have a poor radio manner, ignore danger areas and when given a height to fly by ATC, seem unable to stick to it.
Can't wait for my next flight
