(No, I don't think I still want to fly that, either)
This doesn't matter if you have to make a specific trip (the number of miles is fixed), but that's not always the case. Whatever you do, don't walk, that seems to be the most dangerous common mode of transportation (unless motorcycles are common).
"Aviation industry insurers base their calculations on the deaths per journey statistic while the aviation industry itself generally uses the deaths per kilometre statistic in press releases."
Source: Transport comparisons in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety
If you take a look at the "Fatalities per trillion revenue passenger kilometres" plot in the same article, it looks like flying got a lot safer since 2000 (maybe ~10x?).
The conclusion that flying isn't a lot safer than other common modes of transport when you compare by journey is still correct though... (But maybe it is a little bit safer, or similarly safe).
Not walking is also a bad idea, though. I don't have numbers at hand, but I can imagine that a sedentary lifestyle gives you way more micromorts than the risk of traffic accidents when walking to work.
So, just to be safe, don't ever sleep...
I mean, it's pretty common for people to have a heart attack from sudden exertion, too. Like snow shoveling.
And I remember Douglas Adams died after a workout and he was probably reasonably fit at the time (in theory anyway).
So don't exercise.
So is almost everybody else. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority#Driving_a...
driving isn’t unsafe because of your own (self-assessed) skill, it’s unsafe because of that other 50%.
no matter how safe of a driver you are, you should be worried.
