human perception is a funny thing. current estimates of annual worldwide road fatalities are around 1.2-1.3 million. that's the equivalent of a city the size of Calgary being wiped off the face of the planet every single year.
let's say that there were never any vehicle related deaths, except on one random day during the year when it was guaranteed that over a million people would die if they were on the road (of course with the requisite media coverage for such a peculiarity). would that change anyone's mind about the dangers of driving vs flying? or would it still be "meh, I generally feel safer behind the wheel"?
it's not at all wrong to "feel" safer while driving than flying, I certainly am just a tiny bit more nervous boarding a plane than I am on my daily boring ass morning commute. but that's only fine if you acknowledge that driving is not actually the safer activity, your mind just treats it that way.
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