Originally Posted by
Elephant and Castle
Common guys get a bit of perspective.
World car accident related deaths run at about 1,3 million per year.
World commercial aviation accident deaths at under 500 per year.
To get a meaningful comparaison from a statistical point of view, one should compare the number of casualties per leg on a trip (i.e. the number of travel occurrences), either by car or by plane, instead of compairing those means of transportation on a time frame or distance basis.
Sorry folks, I'm also getting old and pedantic.
