Half of the people are below average.

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

They do that because the news tells us the world is a lot more dangerous place than it was back in the good old days.  But they could just as better walk with them and hang out until the bus comes.

Yeah they're full of crap.  The world was alot more dangerous when we were kids.  We had lawn darts for God sake!

[Terrierman]

8 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

In the last 10 years (2008-2017) only 3,788 people have died in aircraft accidents world wide. In that same time period 346,627 people have died in motor vehicle accidents in the USA alone. 

Yeah but....

[Terrierman]

6 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Most pointless statistic ever.   Always fails to factor in the time spent in aircraft vs. the time spent in automobiles while racking up 200k miles every 4-5 years.

If everybody wasn't out running around in their cars for no good reason, clogging up the highways instead of staying home and folding laundry then it would be much lower.

 

The death rate per mile traveled is the one you're looking for.  Hint:  Driving is not the safest way to travel.  Your odds of dying in a car crash are roughly one in 98.  Your odds of dying in a plane crash are roughly one in 1,800.

[Terrierman]

27 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Well it's a good thing I don't fly because I've got something that's twice as big as everybody else's, and I don't want them messing with it.

Your ego?

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

The death rate per mile traveled is the one you're looking for.  Hint:  Driving is not the safest way to travel.  Your odds of dying in a car crash are roughly one in 98.  Your odds of dying in a plane crash are roughly one in 1,800.

If there were as many planes in the sky as there are vehicles on the highways and streets there would be a constant barrage of aluminum and corpses falling out of the sky.  And they have endless room up there at varying levels.

[Quillback]

42 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Well it's a good thing I don't fly because I've got something that's twice as big as everybody else's, and I don't want them messing with it.

Yep, here you are at the airport:

 

[jdmidwest]

TSA now would be searching orifices long before the second trip thru the gate.

[Johnsfolly]

3 hours ago, Quillback said:

Yep, here you are at the airport:

 

They scare off girls because they have armadillos in their trousers😂. 

[David Unnerstall]

21 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Here's one that has that in the running for most pointless - 52% of all accidents happen in the home.

That doesn't apply to me.  My mother told me that my coming about was "an accident" in a motel in Jefferson City sixty years ago.  She was really pissed at me at the time.

[Old plug]

We almost got slammed he'd on  5 right in gravois mills yesterday buy some fool crossing way over the center line. Was a mistake he will pay for there was a cop pulled of right next to a small shop monitoring people mo\coming into Gravois Mills He seen it and was on him right away.  

For the regular commuter type drive the more you drive the more chance you have of a accident. Seems me like those who Drive all the time have sharper driving skills.. .  I have nephew a property manage for a major US company. His district is from Ohio to North Dakota and from Canadian border to the guff Mexico. He has been at this a few years and is on the road 4-6 days a week Not had eve na fender bender. Have friends who live in Northern Mo and slap a 100,000  miles on a car in a year Running from there to Eastern and Central Tenn..On business..Been doing it for many years. with no problem