As with most statistics, it depends on what and how you measure and where you look. I found this for my son when his future mother-in-law was scared that her daughter was going to die riding with him:
"Americans have a 1 in 114 chance of dying in a car crash, according to the National Safety Council <http://www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts-chart.aspx>. The odds of dying in air and space transport incidents, which include private flights and air taxis <http://fortune.com/2017/02/16/dubai-travel-drones-air-taxi-ehang-184/>, are 1 in 9,821. That’s almost three times better chances than you meeting your fate by choking on food." http://fortune.com/2017/07/20/are-airplanes-safer-than-cars/ Or: "measure accidents on a per-mile basis, rather than by the amount of time spent in the vehicle. Breaking out the data per mile puts the accident rate of private aviation at one-sixth the accident rate in automobiles" https://www.livescience.com/49701-private-planes-safety.html On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 12:43 AM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > "Cars are safer than planes, if you compare trips. And planes are safer > than cars, if you compare miles. Small planes are about 1 death per every > 100,000 hours, That ends up being more than cars by any measure. ... It's > definitely safer to fly in a small plane than drive in a car, but only > 18.5% safer…" > > > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=safety+of+small+plane+flying+versus+car+driving > ....................................................... > G Mann wrote: > > Three most useless things in aviation: > > 1. Fuel still in the pump on the ground. > > 2. Runway behind you. > > 3. Altitude above you. > > BTDT.... all aviation wrecks start and end on the ground.. plan ahead. > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:39 PM OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Yes, and most of your cars are decades newer than my airplane - 1957. > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 9:33 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah some altitude adds a bit more excitement! > > > > > > > > --FT > > > > > > > > On 2/9/19 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > Yeah, that’s the worst. You have a car puke on you and now you’re > > > > sensitized to it. Everywhere you go in it you’re just waiting for the > > > other > > > > shoe to drop. I hate that. > > > > > > > > > > And Don, you have far larger cohones than I ever will. I can’t > imagine > > > > doing it in an airplane, although a former coworker was an A&P > DIY’er. To > > > > the best of my knowledge he’s still alive and flying. > > > > > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Feb 8, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Great story. That’s totally me in the SL600. Completely paranoid. > > > > Especially after the thermostat sticking and the car getting hot. > And > > > > the$500E300 too. Every old car! > > > > >> > > > > >> --R > > > > >> Sent from iPhone > > > > >> > > > > >>> On Feb 8, 2019, at 9:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> A funny story: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Today I drove the 220SEb to work and then on to my headliner > guy's > > > > shop so he could survey it in anticipation of doing the headliner and > > > > related items early next month. It's a roughly 20 mile drive one way > to > > > > work, half on surface streets and the other half on a reversible toll > > > road > > > > with limited access/highway speeds (65 mph.) It's a combination of > the > > > two > > > > over to the headliner shop of about 10 miles, making the return back > to > > > the > > > > house much the same of about 30 miles for a total of about 60 miles > round > > > > trip. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> We've all been in my shoes - a relatively new (to you) unproven > car, > > > > taking it out on the road, listening to every noise, vibration, hum, > > > > whatever, riding on the edge just waiting for something (bad) to > happen. > > > > You hear something and start to freak out.... > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Drive to work - uneventful, maybe even fun. The toll road is a > > > > reversible with three lanes, no access for roughly 11 miles. Very > nice > > > road > > > > surface, new and smooth as glass. The car ran flawlessly, in fact, it > > > found > > > > a sweet spot in the upper 60s that made it sound great and was really > > > > tracking and handling quite nicely, considering that I am in serious > need > > > > of new front springs. Cool. Got to work without an issue. Whew! > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Drive to headliner shop - interstate and city streets, busy but > the > > > > car did well again. Not a problem. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Drive home, mostly interstate except for the last 10 miles or so, > > > > which is surface streets. Again, ran well, no problems. Even fired > up the > > > > FrigiKing since it was nearly 80 and got some ice cubes running - > well, > > > > plenty of cold air. About a mile from home I was turning through an > > > > intersection and it sounded like I ran over something small in the > road. > > > > Hmm. No problem, car was running fine. Probably a big rock or some > piece > > > of > > > > junk I didn't see. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Pull into the garage. Need to straighten out the car a bit, so I > put > > > > it in reverse. It continues to creep forward. Hmm. Put it in neutral. > > > > Creeps forward. OK, I'll just leave it here and I'll park the wife's > > > SL500 > > > > so she doesn't bang the door into my car, since it was encroaching > into > > > her > > > > space a little. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Get down on my hands and knees and take a look under the car. > Yup. > > > > Transmission linkage bushing failed. Got a couple on their way from > the > > > MB > > > > warehouse in Jacksonville. I totally trust this car now. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Dan > > > > >>> _______________________________________ > > > > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > >>> > > > > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > >>> > > > > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > >>> > > > > >> _______________________________________ > > > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > >> > > > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > >> > > > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --FT > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > OK Don > > > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and > many of > > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The > few who > > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence > > > for themselves." > > > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -- > arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
