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Re:Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies sole... by vkou on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:22PM (#37041130)
If driving were 10 times more dangerous than it is now, we'd all still be doing it.
Re:Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies sole... by blibble on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:47PM (#37041410)
your lifetime risk of dying in a motor accident is about 1 in 100 (depending on where in the world you live)

I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10

Re:Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies sole... by vkou on Monday August 07, 2023 @06:08PM (#37041621)
> I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10

Everybody dies, and I need to get to work/see grandma/go to the grocery. People drove about as much in the 60s, when the per-vehicle mile travel deaths in the US were 5 times what they are today.

Re:Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies sole... by serf on Monday August 07, 2023 @08:33PM (#37042935)
>I suspect you'd see fewer people driving if it was 1 in 10

I don't. The cohort of people that make risk assessments with regards to routine every-day things and change their plans accordingly is minuscule, and most places around the world do not have an equivalent form of transportation.

Even with minor/un-needed activities people tend to ignore risk. Every cigarette smoker over a long enough period will develop health problems and eventually die faster than they would have otherwise, but it's still a thing; and it doesn't offer the advantage of actually facilitating getting to work on time and feeding your family.

Re:Aeroflot deactivates brakes on nine aircraft, relies sole... by uwagar on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:39AM (#37044924)
the coronavirus fatality was also similar no? yet we had lockdowns...