Comments on: An Unsafe Industry http://great-hikes.com/blog/an-unsafe-industry/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Sun, 06 May 2012 18:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark http://great-hikes.com/blog/an-unsafe-industry/#comment-33 Mark Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:21:58 +0000 http://great-hikes.com/blog/?p=65#comment-33 On one hand, I know nothing about piloting except what I've heard from Eric and Daniel. Apparently it can be considerably more involving than driving, but maybe that's because they don't do some much of it. On the other hand, I wonder how many accidents attributed to pilot error are in fact a combination of limited usability combined with occassional mistakes. It's probably inevitable, though unfortunate, that what gets shared in articles like the one you quote at the end of the first paragraph of this entry is basically gossip, the NTSB findings seeming quite dull by comparison, and aimed more at insurance adjusters than the rest of us. It's surprising to hear that it's safer to drive than fly. Is the trend similar if you compare driving-related injuries with biking-related injuries. I mean, are there enough tourists doing offroad biking that they get injured more easily than people just driving around? How does hiking compare with driving? Not that I'd like to do any siteseeing in my car, though. On one hand, I know nothing about piloting except what I’ve heard from Eric and Daniel. Apparently it can be considerably more involving than driving, but maybe that’s because they don’t do some much of it.

On the other hand, I wonder how many accidents attributed to pilot error are in fact a combination of limited usability combined with occassional mistakes. It’s probably inevitable, though unfortunate, that what gets shared in articles like the one you quote at the end of the first paragraph of this entry is basically gossip, the NTSB findings seeming quite dull by comparison, and aimed more at insurance adjusters than the rest of us.

It’s surprising to hear that it’s safer to drive than fly. Is the trend similar if you compare driving-related injuries with biking-related injuries. I mean, are there enough tourists doing offroad biking that they get injured more easily than people just driving around? How does hiking compare with driving?

Not that I’d like to do any siteseeing in my car, though.

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