As a motorcyclist I long since learnt that I am invisible and that kicking a dent in the car door, though tempting, is likely to hurt.
I have the good fortune of having earned my PPL having taken 21 years of matrimony and mortgage to finish it. Now I fly about a 100hrs a year in around 40 days a year. I believe I have just entered the killing zone.
I do not wish to take anyone with me anymore than I wish to kick the car. I plan my flights to do my utmost to make sure that this does not happen. Yet as has happened, if I should break through cloud under RAS to find a transponder and radio free craft bumbling across my path, I will wish the pilot a pleasant flight and thank my guardian angel for giving me time to manoeuvre.
We need more aviators. More flying should lead to better flying and hopefully cheaper flying. The alternative to the commensurate risks appears to be to stay on the ground wishing we were up there.
As for electronics, I cannot envisage a future without them, so I propose to embrace them, but that is another topic.