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highthief · 02-13-2009, 08:09 AM

Here's the other side of the coin: It's much safer than travelling via car.

I'm pretty sure a study was done in the wake of 9/11 - which caused a major shift from people flying to people driving - and they found that, as a result of people choosing the less safe option of driving, the number of driving deaths went up in the year following 9/11!

And when you consider the concept of airlines cutting back on maintenance - well, what do you think the guy who just lost his job is going to do when his tires go bald or his brakes get mushy? Think he's going to A) splash the cash on car maintenance, B) stop driving, or C) carry on driving his death-trap?

I'll take a plane everytime.

02-13-2009, 08:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Here's the other side of the coin: It's much safer than travelling via car. I'm pretty sure a study was done in the wake of 9/11 - which caused a major shift from people flying to people driving - and they found that, as a result of people choosing the less safe option of driving, the number of driving deaths went up in the year following 9/11! And when you consider the concept of airlines cutting back on maintenance - well, what do you think the guy who just lost his job is going to do when his tires go bald or his brakes get mushy? Think he's going to A) splash the cash on car maintenance, B) stop driving, or C) carry on driving his death-trap? I'll take a plane everytime. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.