Re:Choking game, also known as the fainting game
by happytoexplain on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:57PM
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I think of driving a motorcycle every day as being quite dangerous. In fact, I would have assumed occasional skydiving would be safer. Though of course it depends on how often one is skydiving.
Re:Choking game, also known as the fainting game
by londons_explore on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:34AM
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What is the chance of death per hour of skydive?
I bet it's considerably higher than per hour of crusing around on a motorbike...
Re:Choking game, also known as the fainting game
by blacksmythe on Monday July 01, 2019 @12:45PM
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>> bet it's considerably higher than per hour of cruising around on a motorbike..
I would imagine so as well."Haaf was described as an experienced skydiver with over 1,200 jumps and was a frequent visitor to Skydive Cross Keys" https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jer...
Re:Choking game, also known as the fainting game
by AstralStorm on Monday July 01, 2019 @11:50AM
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Actually it is much lower, because people who skydive tend to carefully check safety and many motorbike drivers don't - and other road users do not take care either.
Re:Choking game, also known as the fainting game
by londons_explore on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:13PM
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Skydiving in the USA has one death per 130k jumps. Since a jump from a typical 14k feet takes about 60 seconds of freefall, that means there is a death every 2,200 skydive-hours.
There were 390 motorcyclist deaths per billion vehicle miles in the USA in 2006. Assuming motorbikes average ~40mph (between city and highway), that works out a death every 64,000 motorbike-hours.
So skydiving is significantly more dangerous per unit time.
Also even though a agree with your bigger point its not really what happens here. People are just being stupid here, not even understanding they are playing with their life.