Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down130
arrow-up1435arrow-down1imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·21 hours agoSo the point you’re making is that going far away is dangerous? No shit.
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·21 hours agoMy point is that the “planes are safer” stat is, at best, disingenuous. Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane. But people tend to fly less than they drive, so cars are cited as being more dangerous.
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 hours ago Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane So you’re saying driving from London to Shanghai is safer than flying there?
So the point you’re making is that going far away is dangerous? No shit.
My point is that the “planes are safer” stat is, at best, disingenuous. Any single trip is going to be more dangerous in a plane. But people tend to fly less than they drive, so cars are cited as being more dangerous.
So you’re saying driving from London to Shanghai is safer than flying there?