On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:33:57PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:29:28AM +0100, robin szemeti wrote: > > > and even if it were true it would still make it X times safer than driving a > > car. > > Certainly safer than driving a car across the Atlantic.
... and if you compare the number of _trips_ (take-offs and landings) with car journeys, flying is positively suicidal. Unless you compare it to cycling ... no that's murderous -- motorists kill a dozen peds+cyclists every day of the year in England and Wales and not a Public Inquiry/Road renationalisation in sight. </rant> :-) -- Chris Benson
