Originally Posted by
sschlesinger
All though I haven't officially started my flight training I must say i'm more worried about getting into a car accident then an airplane incident. I live in Tucson AZ and the people here are horrible drivers university kids getting drunk and driving, old people crashing into buildings etc. I do know I have more of a chance surviving a car crash then an airplane crash but for some reason flying does not bother me. Check this web site and it will make you feel like flying is a lot safer.
http://www.weitzlux.com/carcrash/mot...dent_2515.html
I forgot to mention before...airline flying is VASTLY safer than driving (by a factor of at least 1000). Unfortunately this very valid statistic often gets incorrectly applied to General Aviation. GA is definately NOT safer than driving a modern car...and if you fool yourself into thinking it is you could become dangerously complacent about flying.