2007-01-09 01:14:13 · 21 answers · asked by JACQUELINE T 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
if a car it runs out of fuel i can walk if a plane runs out i cant fly
2007-01-09 01:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by booge 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Statistically, I know I'm safer in a plane - BUT!!!
I last flew in 1993, from Glasgow, UK, to Orlando, Florida and back. An OK flight both ways but I spent much of the fortnight there feeling sickly worried about the return flight! I put this down to having had a very rocky return flight from Paris to Manchester a number of years previously, where the plane was hitting air pockets every five minutes. I decided after the Paris experience that I didn't want to fly again but the Florida trip was an offer I couldn't refuse - free flights, courtesy of Hoover!
And since 9/11 - planes, no way.
And since 7/7 I'm not completely happy on trains or buses either...
It's a control thing, I think. Since I don't even feel safe in a car unless it's ME that's driving - and my husband feels the same (i.e. him driving!) - so that's a bit of a "Catch 22" syndrome...!
And just for good measure - you'll never get me under that Channel Tunnel - not even for a million pounds. I really mean that - we've had some pretty awful financial problems the last couple of years but I know I couldn't stand the claustrophobia, even if it meant never having to worry about money again.
2007-01-09 09:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistically you are much safer in a plane, the miles between accidents stats are higher. But in a car I have a feeling I'm in 'control' that I don't have in a plane, so I FEEL safer in a car despite the facts.
2007-01-09 09:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel safer in MY car, not just any car. Statistically speaking, mile for mile flying is safer than driving, but that's only if you have a reason to fly. I can't fly to work, so the statistics don't apply to me. If I drove 100,000 miles a year all over the country and chose to fly instead, then maybe the statistics would apply to me. I do not feel safe unless I am driving the car I am in. It is quite likely that if I am injured or killed in a car, it would be because I am a passenger, not a driver.
2007-01-09 09:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel safer in a car, but I know that is silly since the percentage of car accidents is huge in comparison to the accidents in a plane.
But feeling the ground under your feet give you a sensation of safety that you don't have in a plane.
2007-01-09 09:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by Angela Vicario 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definetly feel safer in a plane because you are more likely to get killed in a car accident because of careless driving. In a plane you are hundreds of feet above ground and if your not afraid of heights, you probablly think its safer than a car.
2007-01-09 09:19:47 · answer #6 · answered by ~MetallicaFreak~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i feel safer in a car but i know im safer in a plane...feeling and thinking are 2 different things.
2007-01-09 09:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plane,actually.
2007-01-09 09:18:14 · answer #8 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither, because you can die in either. Life is a chance and everyone has that chance. A plane you can crash or even get wrecked through turbulence and a car you can have a smash with another car or it can go out of control and you could be killed that way.
2007-01-09 18:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by CT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel safer if I am in a car that I am driving because at least something is touching the ground.
2007-01-09 09:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by kohlrahn23 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel safer when I am in control. I like to drive.
2007-01-09 09:22:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋