Flying is safe because it’s insanely regulated. Every bolt, every procedure, every pilot’s coffee intake is monitored. The aviation industry learns from every scrape and near-miss publicly.
Driving doesn’t have that. There’s no black box recorder in your Honda Civic. If you make a mistake merging lanes, the lesson dies with you. Morbid? Sure. True? Absolutely.
So when Jenna finally unclenched her fingers after we landed, I asked her if she felt safer. She said, “No, but I feel stupid.” That’s progress, I guess.
What About Boats? Or Space?
Cruise ships seem safe, until you remember they can sink, catch fire, or have a norovirus buffet. Air travel is still safer per mile than being on a boat.
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And space travel? Please. Right now, that’s just a very expensive way to die in a fireball or decompress. Give it fifty years. Then we’ll talk.
But if you’re looking for the safest single mile of transportation, take an escalator. Statistically, those things are ridiculously safe. Just hold the handrail.
