the annual number of accidents and deaths on roads is a hundred fold
more than those in GA.

But there are a thousand-fold more cars and drivers on the road than
GA planes and pilots in the air.

Statistics show that GA is more dangerous than driving. But those
stats include the idiots who do all kinds of stupid things in order to
kill themselves and achieve immortality as one of those statistics.

If as you say flying is as risky a riding a motorcycle....

Doubtful. An insurance actuary wrote in Flying mag some years ago
that "the only more dangerous way to get from point A to point B than
riding a motorcycle is to be shot from a canon."

vince norris