Driving vs flying. Safety.
I think that the sheer number of passenger car Km/hours travelled p.a.
divided into the number of road fatalities would easily demonstrate that car
travel is statistically safer than flying a glider.
Consider this as a method of measurement.
NOTE: I made ALL of these nu
Catherine Conway wrote:
> > Good point.
> > Kinda like why Volvo drivers have more accidents.
> > Signed "A cyclist"
>
> Yeah Andrew but you ride a MOTORcycle - those of us on pushbikes have
> to watchout for you as well ;-)
>
> -Cath
Actually, Cath, I've seen him around town on his bic
all in the air.
SDF
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Well done Allan
This is the type of eviden
Well done Allan
This is the type of evidence I've been looking for.
Take the emotion out, put some hard cold facts in there and you will win
the argument everytime.
I could now change my line to "It's "almost" as safe as driving to the
airfield"
> I throw these figures in for informat
> Good point.
> Kinda like why Volvo drivers have more accidents.
> Signed "A cyclist"
Yeah Andrew but you ride a MOTORcycle - those of us on pushbikes have
to watchout for you as well ;-)
-Cath
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Andrew, please get real and stop propogating this urban myth about compari
Good point.
Kinda like why Volvo drivers have more accidents.
Signed "A cyclist"
> One of the things that gliding could do to reduce the accident
> rate at competitions is to ban the use of parachutes.
>
> Pete
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that it is, but please do not represent it as safer than
> motoring, as to continue to do so is blatantly dishonest.
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> Fly safely
> Bob Ward
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One of the things that gliding could do to reduce the accident
rate at competitions is to ban the use of parachutes.
Pete
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It also depends
upon the state of the road to the airfield!
At
AUGC, the 10 km dirt road from Lochiel has written off at least four (if not
five) cars over the last 13 years (many accidents being vehicle rollovers at
notorious corners). Fortunately no one has been seriously injured! (i kn
esent it as safer
than motoring, as to continue to do so is blatantly dishonest.
Fly safely
Bob Ward
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Micha
I had this argument from our insurance company
When I actually managed to speak to someone in their underwriting section
(as apposed to their sales droids)
and asked them who would they rather insure - a pilot who wasn't very
current who did say 20 hours a year, or someone who flew most weekends
Ah Touche' Michael
Good evidence such as Mike Borgelts argument and this insurance
argument could sway me on this one. Insurance companies are no mugs.
Do they do base thier premimums on a statistical measure of risk and do
insurance premiums reflect the real risk? Is there more to insuranc
Casting my mind back,
I reckon Emilis did an analysis (4-5 years ago?)of the same question and his
article appeared in AG.
I will have to look back through the old magazines.
Safety should also include non-fatal but serious accidents (since having
someone permanently disabled for the rest of th
At 05:08 PM 19/06/01 CST, you wrote:
>Michael or others
> I am interested in this thread and would like to know if anyone has ever
>done any research into whether it is "Statistically" safer to fly a
>sailplane than drive a car. I strongly believe and will continue to tell
>people that y
REW WRIGHT
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Michael or othersI am interested
in this thread and would like to know if anyone has ever done any research
into whether it is "Statistically&
Andrew,
I probably won't be the only one to mention a talk by Burn (Bruno)
Gantenbrik on your exact theme - is the drive to the field the most
dangerous thing in gliding - on the DG website at:
http://www.dgflugzeugbau.de/safety-comes-first-e.html.
It's an after-dinner speech so it's hardly a
Michael or others
I am interested in this thread and would like to know if anyone has ever done any research into whether it is "Statistically" safer to fly a sailplane than drive a car. I strongly believe and will continue to tell people that you are more at risk on the road than in a sailpla
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