Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
I always found this comparison funny, as if it has nothing to do with there being millions of cars/drivers and only thousands of airplanes/pilots. Of course the chances of being in a car accident are higher xD
You find this funny because you don't understand that safety is determined by rate of death/injury and not by quantity.

There are more car trips than plane trips, so you are not surprised that more people die from cars than planes.
More trips is not what makes cars more dangerous. What makes cars more dangerous is the percentage of car trips that result in deaths, compared to the percentage of air travel that results in deaths.

The percentage of death in air travel is far lower than cars. So, if someone said, "A plane crashed yesterday. Is it safer to take a plane or a car?" ... the answer is ... the plane, because they still have a lower percentage of fatal trips.

Cars are more dangerous to you, both because you use them more frequently AND because they have a higher injury rate.