Do not buy a parachute. ...
Risk.....you have a much greater chance of dying driving using your phone. Driving fast. Eating while driving. Lightning. Gunshot, Crime.

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Not true by a good measure, according to cited stats. Imagine giving that as "informed consent" to a uninformed rider! Trolling for lawyers, anyone? See Mr. Greenwell's post. That said, equally untrue is, as another famous CFIG once said, there's a 50/50 chance of dying each time you fly (i.e., either you live or you die).