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From: notes@ucf-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: safety statistics
Message-ID: <2008@ucf-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 23:04:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 12 23:04:08 1985
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Nf-From: ucf-cs!wahid    Apr 12 16:30:00 1985

By your own figures the car fatal rate is 1% of 50,000
& hence 2% in 100,000 hours which calculates to .02 in 100,000
which suggests car driving is safer. the fallacy is that car driving averages
over a far larger number of people of reasonable driving skill.
The aircraft figures are for a large number of low experience 
and student pilots. If you follow reasonable precautions
commensurate with your skills & aircraft capability
& you don't get stricken with the 'why bother with the 
weather it looks ok and I have to be there' syndrome;
the accident rate would drop 100 fold from the numbers stated.
.

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