Cars are much more dangerous than planes

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Some people readily become violent when they are frustrated, and they are
easily frustrated.

Dave Doe writes:

Ever considered it might be you?

No. I'm completely non-violent.

That you are non-violent is irrelevant.

Let me SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. Ever considered it might be you - that is
frustrating to others around you?

You should.

Please don't cut out pertinent quoted text when replying.

--
Duncan

Dave Doe writes:

Let me SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. Ever considered it might be you - that is
frustrating to others around you?

They frustrate themselves, and they are a minority among those with whom I
interact.

Quote: "Cars are more dangerous than airplanes."

Depends. A light airplane flown by a private pilot is about
four times more dangerous than a car, which isn't that bad, really,
considering that most of us spend very little time in light airplanes
and never have serious car accidents. A Commercially-rated pilot in a
properly-maintained light airplane presents about the same risk as a
car. An airliner flown by an ATR (or Canadian ATPL) is about 11 times
safer than a car.
So saying that flying is safer than driving is like
saying that dogs are friendly animals. It depends on the airplane type
and on who's operating it. The training and skill levels and company
safety policies probably have the biggest effect, and the redundant
systems of the airliner make it safer.
Those numbers come from an article I read about 20 years
ago. They likely haven't changed a lot. They SHOULD challenge the
Private pilot to study and improve his skills and knowledge. If he can
reach the same levels as a Commercial pilot (not such a big deal), he
improves his chances four times. Some people obsess about reducing
their chances of getting cancer, so they'll eat better and quit
smoking to cut their risks by 25 or 50%, but the average PPL isn't
aware of (or ignores) a chance to cut his flying risk by 75%.

Dan

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Quote: "Cars are more dangerous than airplanes."

Depends. A light airplane flown by a private pilot is about
four times more dangerous than a car, which isn't that bad, really,
considering that most of us spend very little time in light airplanes
and never have serious car accidents. A Commercially-rated pilot in a
properly-maintained light airplane presents about the same risk as a
car. An airliner flown by an ATR (or Canadian ATPL) is about 11 times
safer than a car.
So saying that flying is safer than driving is like
saying that dogs are friendly animals. It depends on the airplane type
and on who's operating it. The training and skill levels and company
safety policies probably have the biggest effect, and the redundant
systems of the airliner make it safer.
Those numbers come from an article I read about 20 years
ago. They likely haven't changed a lot. They SHOULD challenge the
Private pilot to study and improve his skills and knowledge. If he can
reach the same levels as a Commercial pilot (not such a big deal), he
improves his chances four times. Some people obsess about reducing
their chances of getting cancer, so they'll eat better and quit
smoking to cut their risks by 25 or 50%, but the average PPL isn't
aware of (or ignores) a chance to cut his flying risk by 75%.

Dan


The subject is Cars are much more dangerous than "planes". Maybe he was
referring to the carpenter's tool ;-).

Frank

Mxsmanic,

They frustrate themselves, and they are a minority among those with whom I
interact.


Well, on here, they are in the vast majority. From your blog (which you
since pulled from your site - I can guess why) it was very apparent that in
real life, those frustrated with you (or rather, annoyed) are in the
majority, too.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:


Got me there. I really don't care about social misfits.


But here you are.


In real face-to-face interaction, very few would punch you out.


Some people readily become violent when they are frustrated, and they are
easily frustrated.

No, no, I get frustrated alright. I don't get violent
when I'm frustrated. I do get violent when faced with
a mollusk in human form, though. Those soft, squishy
on the inside folk that really should be stepping up
more often.

Let's go have a beer, mx!

Frank Barchi wrote:
The subject is Cars are much more dangerous than "planes". Maybe he was
referring to the carpenter's tool ;-).

Frank



Oooh. I jumped right to the assumption that. Right. Although,
I've cut myself pretty good with a plane, but not so much with
my car. And I use the car so much more than I use a plane, so
I would still have to argue that according to percentage-of-time,
a plane is still far more dangerous than a car.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Erik writes:

Too bad there's no MS car simulator.

There are quite a few car simulation programs out there, although I don't
think any of them are published by Microsoft.

Does this mean that you're not going to be driving
any time soon? Or ever?

No connection.


No synapses.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

Do you think anybody here cares about such an observation?

You cared enough to reply.

That's not caring, fjukkkwit

Are newsgroups your only social life?

See above.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

Got me there. I really don't care about social misfits.

But here you are.

In real face-to-face interaction, very few would punch you out.

Some people readily become violent when they are frustrated, and they
are
easily frustrated.

You thinkthis is violence?


Fjukkwit

Bertie