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Perhaps it's the rarity of GA events that make them stand out in peoples
minds. I know of someone who's been keeping active track of the "Car plows into..." headlines and it is quite amazing how many there have this year alone. I don't have the number but I know it's in the 2 digits now. -david On 7/16/03 4:47 PM, in article , "Aviv Hod" wrote: Could you imagine what would happen if *car* was replaced by *plane*? There would be shouts to shut us down for good. It's amazing how selective people's memories are. No one will remember this in a month, but I still get people that talk to me about the Tampa bank incident in which no one, save for one misguided 15 year old was hurt or killed. sigh. -- Replace spam with david in the email address if you really want to send email to me. |
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![]() "David Gunter" wrote in message ... | Perhaps it's the rarity of GA events that make them stand out in peoples | minds. I know of someone who's been keeping active track of the "Car plows | into..." headlines and it is quite amazing how many there have this year | alone. I don't have the number but I know it's in the 2 digits now. | One of my students is a law enforcement officer. Just yesterday he was called in to investigate a case where a father deliberately ran over his 14 year old son with a car. The guy was not remorseful at all, either, telling arriving officers, "I hope I killed the SOB." He didn't, though. The only thing that kept if off the news was the bigger story from Santa Monica. Tough raising a 14 year old, though. |
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This was in the L.A. Times today:
"According to scientists and others who study the phenomenon, there have been as many as 10,000 accidents attributed to unintended acceleration nationwide since 1985. Weller's apparent mistake, however, was the deadliest known case, they said." http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/s...l18jul18.story On 7/17/03 8:01 AM, in article , "David Gunter" wrote: I don't have the number but I know it's in the 2 digits now. -- Replace spam with david in the email address if you really want to send email to me. |
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"According to scientists and others who study the phenomenon, there have
been as many as 10,000 accidents attributed to unintended acceleration nationwide since 1985. Memorize that. Include the source, so you're not suspected of promoting an urban legend. Repeat it every time someone asks if flying isn't dangerous. The 85-year-old man responsible for the market killings would have lost his pilot's certificate long before this incident. If you want to be proactive, every time some old or impaired driver squishes some innocent bystanders, mildly point out that that kind of thing doesn't happen in aviation. |
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"StellaStar" wrote in message
... "According to scientists and others who study the phenomenon, there have been as many as 10,000 accidents attributed to unintended acceleration nationwide since 1985. Memorize that. Include the source, so you're not suspected of promoting an urban legend. Repeat it every time someone asks if flying isn't dangerous. Of course, the statistic quoted isn't precisely the interesting one. Not all accidents attributed to unintended acceleration cause fatalities, or even injuries. On the other hand, there are plenty of accidents that kill or injure an innocent bystander that are due to reasons other than unintended acceleration. I assume by "flying isn't dangerous", you really mean "flying isn't dangerous to non-participants". If you want to be proactive, every time some old or impaired driver squishes some innocent bystanders, mildly point out that that kind of thing doesn't happen in aviation. Maybe point out that "that kind of thing rarely happens in aviation". Pilots certainly have killed innocent bystanders, and have even done so recently. However, I'm sure it's true that the relative rate is MUCH higher for automotive accidents than for aviation accidents. Almost everyone hurt in an aviation accident is in the accident vehicle, while automotive accidents hurt bystanders (either in other vehicles, or just standing around) on a regular basis. Pete |
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