the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars · 10 months agoYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1503arrow-down1external-linkYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comthe_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars · 10 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBallForceOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoAnd for evolutionary, not logical reasoning. Humans are naturally afraid of heights. If you fall, you die. Stay away from heights. Logically, you are more likely to die on the way to the airport than in the plane.
minus-squareMORTARSlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-210 months agoTo be fair you should be afraid of small planes
And people are afraid of airplanes
And for evolutionary, not logical reasoning. Humans are naturally afraid of heights. If you fall, you die. Stay away from heights. Logically, you are more likely to die on the way to the airport than in the plane.
To be fair you should be afraid of small planes